Inside TYPO3

2.2.3. The Install Tool

So we go to "coreinstall/typo3/install/index.php" but see this message:

  In the main source distribution of Typo3, the install script is disabled by a die() function call.

Open the file typo3/install/index.php and remove/out-comment the line that outputs this message!

 

After having removed the die() function call in the file .../install/index.php file we can enter the Install Tool (password was "joh316" by default). Then go to the "Basic Configuration" menu item.

Creating a database

Go to the bottom of the page and enter a database name:

 

Creating required tables

Then go to the "Database Analyzer":

 

 

OK, so we are connected, we have a database. But zero tables. Kein problem:

 

 

First "Update required tables" (Click #1 and click "Write to database"),

 

 

then "Dump static data" (Click #2, tick off "Import the whole file..." and "Write to database"), then create an "admin" user so you can login (Click #3, enter username/password and accept).

Notice: With a core-only install of TYPO3 there is currently no static table data so this step can be skipped. However it's included here for the completeness.

Now you can go to the typo3/ directory again and you will have a login box:

 

 

 

If you login you will see this:

 

Checking other requirements

Finally we will revisit the "Basic Configuration" menu item and check if the rest of the requirements are met:

 

 

We find that this is not the case with particularly two directories: uploads/ and typo3temp/. There are a number of other missing directories which issues a warning, but that is because those are typically used with the "cms" extension frontend. That is disabled now. Remember? - Core only!

So

  # mkdir typo3temp/

  # mkdir uploads/

... and all is fine.