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

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.

3/3

@helpers

@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.

Hey @Mina, any news on your intents?
No feedback?

Actually I didn't followed the @Friendica Support or friendica news channel latelly, so no idea if there were any updates. What I wondered "the other day" is that we could ask @Tobias wich friendica version was the last that had the install working fine and simply install that version, via gitpull. Once installed you can than just start the updates. If you do that before even creating any contacts or content, that should go quite smoothly. We recently did updates from 2023.05 on this server and the referenced installation guide was from that (stable) version in it's time and worked well so I assume that installing via gitpull but adressing that version, or the one Tobias indicates should work out easily.

I'm a bit brain-foggy these days.

In order to do such a thing like the Friendica installation, I need to be sharp.

@helpers @tobias

I will try again, once my head is clear again.

Anyway: I'm pretty sure, the problems I had during the installation were not caused by Friendica itself (I mean: there are a lot of people, who successful completed an installation), but by some configuration with my hosting solution (on Ionos.de).

Just useful error messages during the installation process would be great.

@tux @heluecht @hypolite @raroun @tobias @oldkid

@Mina

Actually you even might consider to setup your subdomain at first at weingaertner-it.de/, if they still do friendica hosting, I get a 503 right now over here. Apparently a single user instance costs 5 euro a month. If you like it you could than move the already existing DB to your own setup. Somehow that's how this instance came to live, but with another provider.

Sounds like an excellent plan.

However: I don't like to be pushed.

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