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As for my knowledge this intended newbee speaks fluently german, englisch and spanisch, tho maybe du/you/tu is a little bit to shy to ask for help .. not sure.

What is your setup and what have you tried till now @mina to install your #friendica server, maybe we can figure out what's your problem with the installation.
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@utopiarte

That's sweet of you!

I followed the instructions on

friendi.ca/resources/installat

word for word, i.e.

1. uploaded the directories (including addons)

2. renamed the .htaccess-dist to .htaccess (it's an Apache server)

3. Created a database and had the details at hand.

4. Went to friendica.penkagram.me in order to start the installer.

and what happened was:

The installer didn't start, but went redirecting me into

[url]/index.php/install/install/install/…

1/?

@helpers

friendi.caInstallation – friendica
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@utopiarte

until finally the browser told me "redirection error".

I then tested with some arbitrary PHP file if PHP worked. It did (in the root directory and the friendica subdirectory).

Then I tried stuff that was recommended in the forum (where I also found people told to become developers if they had problems), like entering database details into config files, some changes in .htaccess, but, alas, to no avail.

2/?

@helpers

Mina

@utopiarte

I managed to break it, so that now I get a Error 500 when trying to access the page.

So:

I am going to delete everything, start over from scratch, and if that doesn't work, try it with git.

If you have any idea, what might have gone wrong, that would be nice. If not, never mind.

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@mina

Not sure what is the actual state of the art of the installer is. Last I "heard" and experienced is that it was broken and that the best way to install is thru the console commands detailed in the helpers page:
/help/Install#Option+B%3A+Run+the+automatic+install+script

tupambae.org/help/Install#Opti…

And yes, it's recommendable to use the git install form, that way you will be able to easily update the installation.

tupambae.orgtupambaeOrg [stable] | Help: Install

@utopiarte

Thanks! I shall try this.