<p>I feel silly posting an answer to my own question, but I wanted to post the solution in case anyone else ran across this, instead of just deleting the question.</p>

<p>I was using the URL http: //localhost/public/index.php/admin/install to get to the installer, and I think it wouldn't let me go back because the installation-- somehow-- was actually successful. I started playing around with the URL and found that http: //localhost/public/index.php/admin brought me to the admin dashboard. Trying to put in the address I gave the site is still throwing a Page Not Found at me, but I'm hoping that's because everything is there but not quite wired-up correctly yet; I'll try to come back and edit this if I find that there is more that should be included here to remedy this.</p>

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2017-02-24T18:35:00.913Z
I've seen that before, though I never figured out why. Seems like if you make it as far as the "Oops" screen, then it actually worked.
Lindsey D
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2017-02-24T19:22:37.270Z
Everything _seems_ to be in order as of now, but I'm still feeling a little leery lol
scoffin
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2017-02-27T16:30:57.590Z
A tiny tip if you'd pull everything from the public folder into your main folder and set your .htaccess right you don't neet to put public/index.php/ in your url :)
Justin Dekkers
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2017-05-09T20:24:07.653Z
Don't feel silly @scoffin, you're doing it right! Now accept that answer and give yourself a high five.
Matt Stein
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2017-02-24T16:51:01.267Z
2017-02-24T16:51:01.267Z
scoffin
<p>Background info: trying to install Craft CMS on a Vm running on Xubuntu</p>

<p>So, I was <em>finally</em> able to see the glorious monkey screen to signify that I'd made it to the installer successfully, when disaster struck soon afterward... I began the installation, enter my info, and ended up waiting on a very, very long "Oops" screen that just seemed to keep going and going. I looked up some resources about the install process while I waited and thought I'd done something wrong, so I exited the window to try again, because no "back" option was available. When I went to the URL again to reenter my info, I got a screen saying "Page Not Found: The requested URL was not found on this server." I did absolutely nothing after exiting the installer, checked to see that the file I was using in the URL is still where it should be, and restarting Apache (and then my VM) didn't help either, so now I'm stuck.</p>

<p>What should I do? Any and all advice will be very greatly appreciated. I can't find the answer anywhere I've looked!</p>

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Got an "Oops" Screen While in Installer, Exited to Try Again, and Now I Can't Get Back to Installer
# Got an "Oops" Screen While in Installer, Exited to Try Again, and Now I Can't Get Back to Installer

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-24)

Background info: trying to install Craft CMS on a Vm running on Xubuntu

So, I was *finally* able to see the glorious monkey screen to signify that I'd made it to the installer successfully, when disaster struck soon afterward... I began the installation, enter my info, and ended up waiting on a very, very long "Oops" screen that just seemed to keep going and going. I looked up some resources about the install process while I waited and thought I'd done something wrong, so I exited the window to try again, because no "back" option was available. When I went to the URL again to reenter my info, I got a screen saying "Page Not Found: The requested URL was not found on this server." I did absolutely nothing after exiting the installer, checked to see that the file I was using in the URL is still where it should be, and restarting Apache (and then my VM) didn't help either, so now I'm stuck.

What should I do? Any and all advice will be very greatly appreciated. I can't find the answer anywhere I've looked!

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2017-02-24. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

I feel silly posting an answer to my own question, but I wanted to post the solution in case anyone else ran across this, instead of just deleting the question.

I was using the URL http: //localhost/public/index.php/admin/install to get to the installer, and I think it wouldn't let me go back because the installation-- somehow-- was actually successful. I started playing around with the URL and found that http: //localhost/public/index.php/admin brought me to the admin dashboard. Trying to put in the address I gave the site is still throwing a Page Not Found at me, but I'm hoping that's because everything is there but not quite wired-up correctly yet; I'll try to come back and edit this if I find that there is more that should be included here to remedy this.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I've seen that before, though I never figured out why. Seems like if you make it as far as the "Oops" screen, then it actually worked.  
> **username_0**: Everything _seems_ to be in order as of now, but I'm still feeling a little leery lol  
> **username_2**: A tiny tip if you'd pull everything from the public folder into your main folder and set your .htaccess right you don't neet to put public/index.php/ in your url :)  
> **username_3**: Don't feel silly @username_0, you're doing it right! Now accept that answer and give yourself a high five.  

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