Installation help

arda

Hi Everyone,

I'm so lucky that we have this community for requesting help (and Flarum too). I would like to request some help with installation. I don't have a specific problem right now, but I'm stuck somewhere.

So I'm making an installation to a clean VPS server (Ubuntu) with php7.1.

I just don't know how to fix the directory not empty error, I just can't fix it.

I installed composer to the home dir and tried installed Flarum there too, it won't install it.

I installed composer to the root dir and tried installed Flarum to the empty home dir but it still won't work!

I created 2 different folders called "composer" and "flarum", installed composer to "composer" and tried installed "flarum" to the flarum folder but it won't work.

I created a folder called "flarum", installed flarum inside it and installed composer in the home dir but this won't work either.

Then I started checking out the directory should be empty errors other people encountered around the community but their solution didn't work for me.

Discussions I read about this:
- https://discuss.flarum.org/d/11035-invalidargumentexception-project-directory-is-not-empty
- https://discuss.flarum.org/d/1554-invalidargumentexception-project-directory-is-not-empty
- https://discuss.flarum.org/d/1618-error-invalidargumentexception-project-directory-is-not-empty
- https://discuss.flarum.org/d/7182-invalidargumentexception-project-directory-is-not-empty

Btw, just following the official installation guide from Flarum: https://flarum.org/docs/installation/
Installing composer using this documentation: https://getcomposer.org/download/

Running composer with "php composer.phar [flarum installation command]" (phar may be wrong I don't remember)

I now requested a VPS reset from the provider and waiting for them, so can't send any logs, but the minute I get the reset from them, I'll send all the logs for you guys to check out. Until then, can anyone help me with some tricks so I can get Flarum installed successfully? I know how to do the rest, I've installed one time (a few months ago) but now I'm not able to for some reason.

I actually encountered this error back then too but I fixed it somehow, just can't fix it this time.

arda

OK guys, so I got the reset for my server and having the directory error again.

Can anyone explain me this? Look, I installed composer globally to my server using the official guide, then tried installing flarum to the main dir.

Then it gave me this, directory not empty dialog but after I ran ls and it seems like the dir is empty.

But in FTP there are these files inside the folder.

How can I resolve this? Any suggestions?

arda

I installed it here to my ../var/www/html directory that installed successfully but it doesn't launch the stup screen:

http://104.251.211.123/

tho, the files do work when we insert them after the link:
http://104.251.211.123/flarum

arda

OK, so now: I completely messed up.

jordanjay29

Where are you at now?

arda

jordanjay29 I reset the server completely on a fresh start.

Can you help me step to step if possible?

The official guide won't help me.

arda

...or if possible, can you install the base for me (don't have to be you, anyone from the community can) if I give you the credentials for my server?

Prosperous

arda I know you need direct assistance and are willing to offer your credentials in order for someone to help out but just be wary of who you give it out to. I know we are all a trustworthy bunch but I would hate for something bad to happen from someone that doesn't have the best of intentions. ?

This is the internet after all.

arda

Prosperous Umm, it's a test vps and I'll be opening a new user that doesn't have sudo privileges, I'm aware of it ?

Anyone up for it?

luceos

arda send me a DM on discord.

RenderedPix

@arda I got it downloaded by having the composer.phar I've installed from Composer and put it in the same folder as the Flarum folder it's in. Then I directed to the Flarum Folder: (cd Flarum)
Then... I used this command: "php ../composer.phar create-project flarum/flarum . --stability=beta"
That registered as a command since php detects "composer.phar" as a file.
Hope that helped!