2015-08-11, 09:50 PM
I'm working with Xampplite. I did a successful installation - my second successful attempt of installing 1.8.5. HOWEVER, I can't get past the lock file so can't access my forum. When I deleted the lock file as usually is required with myBB it comes with a 43 error when I try to access the Forum:
So great. I remove the install directory, and then this happens.
This is my second installation attempt.
Any suggestions, as I'm just about to throw in the towel.
I've sorted it out. Thanks to a YouTube presentation that was suggested in a very old thread somewhere else in the myBB Forum - how to install myBB on XAMPP - it's still good to go for myBB 1.8:
Error No. 1 was that I selected what I had thought was the logical database engine: SQLite 3 for Xampplite. Whereas I should have chosen the default one: MySQL Improved. SQLite 3 doesn't work with Xampplite.
Error No. 2 was when I created the user in phpBB I should have selected localhost. I selected the default in phpmyAdmin.
Error No. 3 was I mis-interpreted the myBB message that I had to delete the lock file. Then when I deleted the locked file Error No. 4 occurred it then asks for the Directory to be deleted. This time round I ignored the latter and and restored the lock file and that worked in the end. I finally understood what that paragraph had meant, i.e. that there needs to be a locked file in order to proceed to the next step. Perhaps that sentence could be omitted.
Or I'd change the wording to:
Caution: Your installation directory needs to be locked in order for you to access the forum. We have already done that for you and there is a lock file in the directory. However ..... etc. etc.
Quote:Error Type:MyBB Error (43)Error Message:The install directory (install/) still exists on your server and is not locked. To access MyBB please either remove this directory or create an empty file in it called 'lock'.
So great. I remove the install directory, and then this happens.
Quote:SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1 no such table: mybb_datacache
This is my second installation attempt.
Any suggestions, as I'm just about to throw in the towel.
I've sorted it out. Thanks to a YouTube presentation that was suggested in a very old thread somewhere else in the myBB Forum - how to install myBB on XAMPP - it's still good to go for myBB 1.8:
Error No. 1 was that I selected what I had thought was the logical database engine: SQLite 3 for Xampplite. Whereas I should have chosen the default one: MySQL Improved. SQLite 3 doesn't work with Xampplite.
Error No. 2 was when I created the user in phpBB I should have selected localhost. I selected the default in phpmyAdmin.
Error No. 3 was I mis-interpreted the myBB message that I had to delete the lock file. Then when I deleted the locked file Error No. 4 occurred it then asks for the Directory to be deleted. This time round I ignored the latter and and restored the lock file and that worked in the end. I finally understood what that paragraph had meant, i.e. that there needs to be a locked file in order to proceed to the next step. Perhaps that sentence could be omitted.
Or I'd change the wording to:
Caution: Your installation directory needs to be locked in order for you to access the forum. We have already done that for you and there is a lock file in the directory. However ..... etc. etc.