[ubuntu-uk] Drupal 7 installation - php file not found/not opening in browser

[David King]

I get 404 error for http://localhost/drupal/install.php so must be 
something wrong with LAMP, although I have no idea what.


David K



On 02/07/14 23:05, Simon Greenwood wrote:
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> On 2 July 2014 22:24, David King <linuxman at avoura.com
> <mailto:linuxman at avoura.com>> wrote:
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>     I have installed Drupal 7 into Ubuntu 14.04, following instructions
>     from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Drupal
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>     I got as far as the bit that says Complete the Drupal Installation
>     through a Browser
>     and clicked on the links for install.php but in Firefox all I get is
>     404 not found.
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>     I tried just entering /var/www/drupal/install.php and then Firefox
>     found the file but a dialog box popped up asking me what to do with
>     the file, rather than allowing me to continue with the drupal
>     installation. It suggested opening it with gedit.
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>     I am not sure if I did it all correctly in installing or setting up
>     localhost properly, as the instructions were not entirely clear nor
>     complete on that page.
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>     So how do I get this to work so I can have a working Drupal 7
>     installation?
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> Is apache running and do you get a page when you go to http://localhost
> in Firefox?
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> If so, then try http://localhost/drupal/install.php. If that doesn't
> work then something isn't working with your LAMP setup.
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