Joomla prevents install.php from running

[balraj]

I have Joomla installed in the root (public_html) folder on a shared hosting account.

I uploaded the SMF files into hxxp:domain.com/forum [nonactive] and extracted all the files.

When I go to run hxxp:domain.com/forum/install.php [nonactive], I am redirected to the home page which is Joomla.

Thinking it was the rewrite rules in the .htaccess file, I commented all the lines in .htaccess.

This time I get an Internal Server 500 error.

I am new to both Joomla and SMF and am not sure what to do or try next. Any help or pointers will be most appreciated.

Kind regards,
Balraj Dhaliwal
Melbourne, Australia

[Orstio]

Thinking it was the rewrite rules in the .htaccess file, I commented all the lines in .htaccess.

.htaccess is not written in PHP, so commenting does not work the same.

Do you have any domain redirects set up?

[balraj]

No there are no redirects at all - I looked under the "Redirects" icon on cPanel and it's empty.

[Orstio]

No there are no redirects at all - I looked under the "Redirects" icon on cPanel and it's empty.

Thinking it was the rewrite rules in the .htaccess file, I commented all the lines in .htaccess.

What rewrite rules do you have in .htaccess?

[balraj]

Here's what the file looks like, it's been written to only from Joomla so far.

##
# @version $Id: htaccess.txt 47 2005-09-15 02:55:27Z rhuk $
# @package Joomla
# @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
# @license hxxp:www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [nonactive] GNU/GPL
# Joomla! is Free Software
##
#
#  mod_rewrite in use
#
RewriteEngine On
#  Uncomment following line if your webserver's URL
#  is not directly related to physical file paths.
#  Update YourJoomlaDirectory (just / for root)
# RewriteBase /YourJoomlaDirectory
#
#  Rules
#
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php

[balraj]

This problem has fixed itself. Maybe it just takes some time before it works - not sure.

Thanks for all those who contributed.