1.3.8.5 /install redirects me to ../ which redirects me to /site/offline

[Ernesto]

Hi, I upgraded to 1.3.8.5, wiped the DB clean and wanted to install it from scratch, but /install redirects to ../ and from there it redirects to /site/offline
What can be the problem here?

Edit:
I saw the redirect was made at line 42 of the install script:

if (!isset($_SESSION['config_file_created']) && is_file(MW_MAIN_CONFIG_FILE)) {
    header('location: ../');
    exit;
}

Ok, so I removed custom-main.php so the install script can create it.
But now I get

Unable to write the configuration file!

even when the config directory and the main.php file have write permissions for everyone.

 

[twisted1919]

even when the config directory and the main.php file have write permissions for everyone.

This is given at /install/controllers/DatabaseController.php line 102 and the code tries to write in the apps/common/config directory which is not writeable. If it was, then PHP could have written it.
For clarity, here's the code that fails:

$contents = str_replace(array_keys($searchReplace), array_values($searchReplace), $contents);
if (!@file_put_contents(MW_MAIN_CONFIG_FILE, $contents)) {
    return $this->addError('general', 'Unable to write the configuration file!');
}

So there's nothing special to it, just PHP not being able to write in that file.

 

[frm.mwz]

wanted to install it from scratch

Did the requirements checker not turn up at all? This usually shows also if the directories can be written.

 

[Ernesto]

Ok I just gave the permissions and the install finally worked.
I just found it strange that the install created the configuration file, but then it wasn't able to write to it.