07 April 2011, 21:49

Windows XP Pro Clean Install (virtual server), WAMPServer clean install, Mahara Clean Install.

Followed installation instructions for Maraha on Wampserver: http://wiki.mahara.org/System_Administrator's_Guide/Installing_Mahara/Installing_Mahara_in_Wampserver   -  All went OK up to this point, except I am missing severl PHP extensions and cannot find where to download pre-compiled versions (source code is no use to me - missing json, libxml, simplexml, session, zip, zlib.).

I browse to http://localhost/mahara  -  Click the "Install Mahara" button, it takes me to the "Performing Installation" page in which the 'loading symbol' goes continuously around for Core, it will not go past core.

Any advice and assistance will be much appreciated.

14 April 2011, 3:37

Hi Johnny,

You need to find your php.ini file in your WAMPServer folder and increase these values:

max_execution_time = 120 

memory_limit = 256M.

restart your WAMPserver service

(you may also need to drop then recreate your database and start the installation from scratch)

Should also work for Xampp installations on Windows with the same error.