Installation problem

Installation problem

by faydor game -
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Dear all,

Iam trying to install moodle on my computer.

First, I installed Xampp and wamp applications on intranet mechine(windows xp service pk2) using admin pass, when run localhost it displayed succsesful that u installed xampp on this mechine.

And i unziped moodle folder in  C:\xampp\htdocs\

From here it say you can install by using running the command localhost/moodle

I typed "http://localhost/xampp/htdocs/server/moodle"

But am getting an error 'object not found'  or Error 404?

Can any one help me with this please?

Thanks in advance.

Faydor

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Re: Installation problem

by Lindley Bailey -

You over analyzed it.

The web serrver will know where the files are located so just type in:

   http://localhost/moodle

The web server should resolve that to be the moodle folder located in the root directory at:

    C:\xampp\htdocs\

I noticed you said you installed XAMP  and  WAMP, does that mean you installed both?

If you did it means the computer has 2 versions of AMP (Apache, MySql, PHP) loaded on it at the same time, as well as the X and W front end programs. Try using the instructions for installing via WAMP. Your machine might be set up to recognize those as it was installed last?

But if it was me, I would uninstall both WAMP and XAMP, then install only one of them and then Moodle.

Sincerely

Lin Bailey

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Re: Installation problem

by Colin Fraser -
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If you type in "localhost" you should get either an index page or "It works" The "I am working page".

1. Check the Apache "conf/httpd.conf" file, look and see what the values are for

ServerRoot "C:/server/apache" (or whatever your path is)
DocumentRoot "C:/server/moodle" (or whatever your path is.)

2. If you have installed "Xampp/Moodle", have you actually installed Moodle? It is a two-step install process. Once you get the "It works" up, then enter "localhost\moodle\install.php"

Hang on, I am assuming that you installed using the "Xampp/Moodle" installer from the Moodle Downloads area. If you have installed the full Xampp installer, then Moodle needs be installed as a separate option.

Unzip Moodle to the DocumentRoot, then run "localhost\moodle\install.php" that should get you going.
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Re: Installation problem

by Lindley Bailey -

Colin was more correct than I. Only in one instance will my fix work, and his solves multiples of reasons why the initial install didn't work.

He correctly started by testing the web server first.

Sorry for pointing you in the wrong direction.

Sincerely

Lin Bailey

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Re: Installation problem

by jusal empera -
i need help please.. i want to install moodle on my computer (ubuntu 9.04) and access intra net to local computer. but i encountered problem during installation when i type http://localhost/moodle on my browser. it will download the whole folder and content inside www which is the moodle directory i extracted. i have successfully installed Apache/2.2.11, PHP/5.2.6-3 and mysql. i also done created database for my moolde. and set permission to moodle directory.

anyone can help me will be appreciated.. thank you!!



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Re: Installation problem

by Colin Fraser -
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Check the apache/conf/httpd.conf file. Make sure that it is showing the right ServerRoot and DocumentRoot.

You immediate problem is it is not downloading the right files, it is downloading the entire directory. Check a little lower, it should also read:
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.php4 index.php3 index.cgi index.pl index.html index.htm index.shtml index.phtml
</IfModule>

That should work.

If I have it right, Drupal should be the localhost and Moodle should be installed inside that folder.

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