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Installer sometimes gives "Drupal already installed" message even if install failed

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Created on 31 December 2016, over 8 years ago
Updated 28 November 2024, 5 months ago

If you already have an old d8 database, and you mistakenly specify that database during the install, the installer says "Drupal already installed" even if it isn't. I'm not sure if there's a way Drupal could distinguish between situations where the specified database exists and contains Drupal data, but the site is not actually installed, and situations where the database is set up and Drupal has been successfully installed. If it's possible to make that distinction, the "Drupal already installed" heading could be changed to something more helpful, like "You specified a database that already contains Drupal data. To continue with the install, you need to delete or empty that database, or specify a different database."

Granted, the bullets below the heading should help with that, but the heading itself can cause confusion.

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Status

Postponed: needs info

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

install system

Created by

🇺🇸United States arnoldbird

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  • Comment 5 months ago →
    🇳🇿New Zealand quietone

    There hasn't been any discussion here for 4 years so perhaps this is no longer a problem?

    This does need steps to reproduce, so tagging. Since we need more information to move forward with this issue, I am setting the status to Postponed (maintainer needs more info). If we don't receive additional information to help with the issue, it may be closed after three months.

    Thanks!

  • Status changed to Closed: outdated 24 days ago
  • Comment 24 days ago →
    🇺🇸United States smustgrave

    Since there hasn't been a follow up going to close out, if still an issue in D11 please reopen

    Thanks all!

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