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mrchow19910319
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I am currently tryin to install OctoberCMS on my ubuntu machine.

Here are the steps  I took and the issue I run into,

  

# October CMS

## Installation

* Steps I took
  1. downloaed install-master from official site
  2. installed XAMPP 
  3. created a folder called `buddhistblog` inside this directory `/opt/lampp/htdocs`
  4. Copied isntall_files + install.php from the folder to `/opt/lampp/htdocs/buddhistblog`
  5. went to localhost/buddhistblog/install.php then got hit by the `writePermission` error
  6. 
  

* Issue: Permission to write to directories and files

* Tried Solution : 

```

/*does not work, cannot find directory*/
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/octobercms
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/octobercms

/*does not work cannot access 'public_html': No such file or directory
*/
chmod -R ugo+rw public_html

/*does not work cannot access 'public_html': No such file or directory
*/
sudo chmod -R ugo+rw /opt/lampp/htdocs/october/html
```

 

I understand that you need to give october CMS the writting permission to system. But I couldnt find where the CMS is being installed . 

 

Does anyone know how to fix this? 

If it is not broken, let's fix till it is. 

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Open the install.php file in a text editor and see what's in it. You might be able to find where/when the error message is supposed to be shown and what's causing this 

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2 hours ago, IAmAndre said:

Open the install.php file in a text editor and see what's in it. You might be able to find where/when the error message is supposed to be shown and what's causing this 

thanks for the help. Here is another thread I created on another forum. I listed some of the troubleshooting I did later on.

 

https://www.freecodecamp.org/forum/t/writepermission-issue-with-october-cms/348232/3

 

about the install.php here is the file but I dont see any recorded error messege

Spoiler 

<?php include 'install_files/php/boot.php'; ?><!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
        <title>October Installation</title>
        <link type="image/png" href="install_files/images/october.png" rel="icon">

        <!-- Styles -->
        <link href="install_files/css/vendor.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="install_files/css/layout.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="install_files/css/controls.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="install_files/css/animations.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="install_files/css/fonts.css" rel="stylesheet">

        <!-- Base URL -->
        <?php if (!isset($fatalError)): ?>
            <script>
            <!--
                installerBaseUrl = '<?= $installer->getBaseUrl() ?>';
            // -->
            </script>
        <?php endif ?>
    </head>
    <body class="js">

        <div id="wrap">

            <!-- Header -->
            <header>
                <div class="container" id="containerHeader"></div>

                <!-- Title -->
                <section class="title">
                    <div class="container" id="containerTitle"></div>
                </section>

            </header>

            <!-- Body -->
            <section class="body">
                <?php if (isset($fatalError)): ?>
                    <div class="container">
                        <div class="callout callout-danger"><?= $fatalError ?></div>
                    </div>
                <?php else: ?>
                    <div class="container" id="containerBody"></div>
                <?php endif ?>
            </section>

        </div>

        <!-- Footer -->
        <footer>
            <div class="container" id="containerFooter"></div>
        </footer>

        <?php if (!isset($fatalError)): ?>

            <!-- Render Partials -->
            <?php
                $partialList = [
                    'header',
                    'title',
                    'footer',
                    'check',
                    'check/fail',
                    'config',
                    'config/mysql',
                    'config/pgsql',
                    'config/sqlite',
                    'config/sqlsrv',
                    'config/fail',
                    'config/database',
                    'config/admin',
                    'config/advanced',
                    'starter',
                    'themes',
                    'themes/theme',
                    'project',
                    'project/project',
                    'project/plugins',
                    'project/plugin',
                    'project/themes',
                    'project/theme',
                    'project/suggestion',
                    'project/fail',
                    'progress',
                    'progress/fail',
                    'complete'
                ];
            ?>

            <?php foreach ($partialList as $file): ?>
                <script type="text/template" data-partial="<?= $file ?>">
                    <?php include 'install_files/partials/'.$file.'.htm'; ?>
                </script>
            <?php endforeach ?>

            <!-- Scripts -->
            <script src="install_files/js/vendor.js"></script>
            <script src="install_files/js/app.js"></script>
            <script src="install_files/js/check.js"></script>
            <script src="install_files/js/config.js"></script>
            <script src="install_files/js/starter.js"></script>
            <script src="install_files/js/themes.js"></script>
            <script src="install_files/js/project.js"></script>
            <script src="install_files/js/progress.js"></script>
            <script src="install_files/js/complete.js"></script>

            <!-- Bespoke Properties -->
            <script>
                /*
                 * Checker Page
                 */
                Installer.Pages.systemCheck.title = 'System Check'
                Installer.Pages.systemCheck.nextButton = 'Agree & Continue'

                Installer.Pages.systemCheck.requirements = [
                    { code: 'phpVersion', label: 'PHP version 7.0 or greater required' },
                    { code: 'curlLibrary', label: 'cURL PHP Extension is required' },
                    { code: 'liveConnection', label: 'Test connection to the installation server' },
                    { code: 'writePermission', label: 'Permission to write to directories and files', reason: 'The installer was unable to write to the installation directories and files.' },
                    { code: 'pdoLibrary', label: 'PDO PHP Extension is required' },
                    { code: 'mbstringLibrary', label: 'Mbstring PHP Extension is required' },
                    { code: 'fileinfoLibrary', label: 'Fileinfo PHP Extension is required' },
                    { code: 'sslLibrary', label: 'OpenSSL PHP Extension is required' },
                    { code: 'zipLibrary', label: 'ZipArchive PHP Library is required' },
                    { code: 'gdLibrary', label: 'GD PHP Library is required' }
                ]

                /*
                 * Config Page
                 */
                Installer.Pages.configForm.title = 'Configuration'
                Installer.Pages.configForm.nextButton = 'Continue'

                Installer.Pages.configForm.sections = [
                    { code: 'database', label: 'Database', category: 'General', handler: 'onValidateDatabase', partial: 'config/database' },
                    { code: 'admin', label: 'Administrator', category: 'General', handler: 'onValidateAdminAccount', partial: 'config/admin' },
                    { code: 'advanced', label: 'Advanced', category: 'Advanced', handler: 'onValidateAdvancedConfig', partial: 'config/advanced' }
                ]

                /*
                 * Starter Page
                 */
                Installer.Pages.starterForm.title = 'Getting started'

                /*
                 * Themes Page
                 */
                Installer.Pages.themesForm.title = 'Start from a theme'

                /*
                 * Project Page
                 */
                Installer.Pages.projectForm.title = 'Project details'
                Installer.Pages.projectForm.nextButton = 'Install!'

                Installer.Pages.projectForm.sections = [
                    { code: 'project', label: 'Project', partial: 'project/project' },
                    { code: 'plugins', label: 'Plugins', partial: 'project/plugins' },
                    { code: 'themes', label: 'Themes', partial: 'project/themes' }
                ]

                /*
                 * Progress Page
                 */
                Installer.Pages.installProgress.title = 'Installation progress...'
                Installer.Pages.installProgress.steps = [
                    { code: 'getMetaData', label: 'Requesting package information' },
                    { code: 'downloadCore', label: 'Downloading application files' },
                    { code: 'downloadPlugins', label: 'Downloading plugin: ' },
                    { code: 'downloadThemes', label: 'Downloading theme: ' },
                    { code: 'extractCore', label: 'Unpacking application files' },
                    { code: 'extractPlugins', label: 'Unpacking plugin: ' },
                    { code: 'extractThemes', label: 'Unpacking plugin: ' },
                    { code: 'setupConfig', label: 'Building configuration files' },
                    { code: 'createAdmin', label: 'Create admin account' },
                    { code: 'setupProject', label: 'Setting website project' },
                    { code: 'finishInstall', label: 'Finishing installation' }
                ]

                /*
                 * Final Pages
                 */
                Installer.Pages.installComplete.title = 'Congratulations!'

            </script>

        <?php endif ?>

    </body>
</html>

 

also on the OctoberCMS documentation page I saw this note: 

 

> Note: A detailed installation log can be found in the install_files/install.log file.

 

but when I open the said directory, I can't even find the log. What does it mean? 

 

the whole installation process I followed this tutorial : (you just need to watch until the 6 mins mark)

 

 

 

 

If it is not broken, let's fix till it is. 

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3 hours ago, IAmAndre said:

Open the install.php file in a text editor and see what's in it. You might be able to find where/when the error message is supposed to be shown and what's causing this 

I solved it using this instruction  

https://october-plaza.com/blog/how-install-october-cms-wizard

 

thanks for the help!

If it is not broken, let's fix till it is. 

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3 hours ago, IAmAndre said:

I'm glad it worked!

 

I’m back… with another issue I run into.

 

I was trying to setup mySQL server using octoberCMS 's instruction, but somehow it returns me this error :

 

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SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’ (using password: YES)

so I started doing these steps until I run into another error 

// 1. stop mySQL
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop

// 2. Start MySQL in safe mode
sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

// the result I get: 

[1] 7770
➜  ~ 2020-02-07T19:42:08.681349Z mysqld_safe Logging to syslog.
2020-02-07T19:42:08.686942Z mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/log/mysql/error.log'.
2020-02-07T19:42:08.698297Z mysqld_safe Directory '/var/run/mysqld' for UNIX socket file don't exists.

[1]  + 7770 exit 1     sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables

// 3. Log into MySQL using root
mysql -uroot

// ERROR I GET
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

the issue description on stackoverflow is this :

 

Quote

I once had this problem and solved it by installing mysql-server, so make sure that you have installed the mysql-server, not the mysql-client or something else.

That error means the file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock doesn't exists, if you didn't install mysql-server, then the file would not exist. But if the mysql-server is already installed and is running, then you need to check the config files.

The config files are: 


/etc/my.cnf
/etc/mysql/my.cnf
/var/lib/mysql/my.cnf

In /etc/my.cnf, the socket file config may be /tmp/mysql.sock and in /etc/mysql/my.cnf the socket file config may be /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock. So, remove or rename /etc/mysql/my.cnf, let mysql use /etc/my.cnf, then the problem may solved.

my own issue right now is : I cannot find var/run/mysqld folder. the folder does not exist, but I do have mysql-server installed, I checked it using this command and it returns me this error 

➜  ~ sudo systemctl status mysql

● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead) since Sat 2020-02-08 03:41:23 CST; 5min ago
  Process: 7398 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mysqld --daemonize --pid-file=/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 7389 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/mysql/mysql-systemd-start pre (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 7400 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Feb 08 03:40:06 zhouxiang-ThinkPad-E495 systemd[1]: Starting MySQL Community Server...
Feb 08 03:40:06 zhouxiang-ThinkPad-E495 systemd[1]: Started MySQL Community Server.
Feb 08 03:41:21 zhouxiang-ThinkPad-E495 systemd[1]: Stopping MySQL Community Server...
Feb 08 03:41:23 zhouxiang-ThinkPad-E495 systemd[1]: Stopped MySQL Community Server.

 

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1 hour ago, mrchow19910319 said:

SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’ (using password: YES)

This usually means that there is an authentication issue. Are you able to log in to the database with this credentials and from the same computer? Just run a simple PHP script on the compter and see if it's able to log in.

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