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I initially tried this with Ubuntu Linux and a .tar.gz file without the composer tool. I was using MySQL and PHP 7.4. My problem is about the same with my second attempt. I will now describe my second attempt and ask for help with it (instead of my first attempt).

I am trying to install CraftCMS on Debian 10 with composer. Everything seems to work on the back-end. I am using PostgreSQL and PHP 7.3.

I finally went to the web front-end portion of the directions. In a web browser I go to /index.php?p=admin/install

It resolves to /dashboard. The web page that is rendered says "Not Found The Requested URL was not found on this server"

When I just go to "" in the web browser, I see "Welcome Thanks for installing Craft CMS!" I can click on the "Control Panel", but that takes me to a page that is Not Found.

I expect to see the screen to install CraftCMS in a web browser when I go to /index.php?p=admin/install

What am I doing wrong?

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  • I've never seen the /index.php?p=admin/install url suggested, but maybe things have changed. I always just go to /admin, so maybe give that a try?
    – Brimby
    Oct 21 '20 at 23:04
  • And I don't mean to insult your intelligence by asking this, but you aren't just putting /index.php?p=admin/install as the entire url are you? You're doing http://examplesite.com/index.php?p=admin/install , right?
    – Brimby
    Oct 21 '20 at 23:05
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How exactly are you running Craft?

Ubuntu/Debian are just Linux operating systems, they don't necessarily come with a web server stack installed but it looks like what you're running is at least partially working.

  • If you getting the welcome screen, it sounds like Craft got installed so I wouldn't try reinstalling unless you can confirm there's no tables for Craft in your database.

  • If you can get to http://examplesite.com/index.php?p=admin/dashboard, that typically means the web server's rewrites aren't working and what you have now is a webserver configuration issue—not uncommon.

To solve a web server issue:

  • Apache: make sure .htaccess is located inside Craft's web folder and AllowOveride All is in your virtual host config.
  • Nginx: you need some special rewrite rules to get it going.
  • You may also need to set omitScriptNameInUrls to true in config/general.php.

If you can't get to the dashboard or the login screen, something else happened, perhaps a botched install and you should revisit how your web server got installed.

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