I wanted to install Codoforum on my own dedicated server to which I have root access for some friends and myself to have a personal spot to chat.
Here are the commands I typed into the console:
cd /var/www/ [using Apache-like structure for nginx, not using /usr/share/nginx/html]
wget https://bitbucket.org/evnix/codoforum_downloads/downloads/codoforum.v.3.4.build-19.zip
unzip codoforum.v.3.4.build-19.zip
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/
I then set up a database in MariaDB using the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
create database codoforum character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
grant all privileges on codoforum.* to codoforumsuser@localhost identified by '[insert-password-here]';
flush privileges;
exit
Then I opened a tab in Google Chrome and typed my server's URL:
http://www.<domainname>.com/codoforum/install
I also tried this:
http://www.<domainname>.com/codoforum/admin
The same thing happened both times. Chrome immediately downloaded a file called "download" with no extension. I opened up the file in Notepad++ and its just the index.php files in the "admin" and "install" directory.
Why isn't the installer actually working?