Title: Help! Strange error…
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Help! Strange error…

 *  Resolved [lostcityorg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostcityorg/)
 * (@lostcityorg)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strange-error/)
 * Hi all… Does anyone know why I’m getting the following error? This is the second
   time I’ve installed on this domain. The first time it worked well but I was tinkering
   to make it compatible with another problem and screwed it up so I had to reinstall.
 * I reinstalled the database on the server. One thing that may be important is 
   that I can’t get a file to disappear in my Local Files from the original install(
   blog>wp-content>themes) and when I uninstalled, Dreamweaver told me I was (I 
   think) basically orphaning some links.
 * OK that’s all background, here’s the meat:
 * Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: Unable to access ../wordpress/
   wp-config.php in /var/www/vhosts/lastcity.org/httpdocs/wp-admin/install.php on
   line 9
 * Warning: require_once(../wordpress/wp-config.php) [function.require-once]: failed
   to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/lastcity.org/httpdocs/
   wp-admin/install.php on line 9
 * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘../wordpress/
   wp-config.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/share/pear’) in /var/www/vhosts/lastcity.
   org/httpdocs/wp-admin/install.php on line 9
 * The location is:
    [http://lastcity.org/wp-admin/install.php](http://lastcity.org/wp-admin/install.php)

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 *  Thread Starter [lostcityorg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostcityorg/)
 * (@lostcityorg)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strange-error/#post-635930)
 * One thing that puzzles me the most is: var/www/vhosts
 * What the heck path is that???
 *  Thread Starter [lostcityorg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostcityorg/)
 * (@lostcityorg)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strange-error/#post-635932)
 * Ok I’ve since learned what the path ver/www/vhosts is. I’ve also re-uploaded 
   the files to the server. Same error. I’m thinking there must be some files or
   links hiding out giving me trouble.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strange-error/#post-635933)
 * I see 2 things:
 * One, the paths shown indicate that you are installing at the root of your site:
 * [http://lastcity.org/](http://lastcity.org/) <– there
 * but its looking for your wp-config.php here:
 * [http://lastcity.org/wordpress/wp-config.php](http://lastcity.org/wordpress/wp-config.php)
   <–
 * thats not right.
 * Since you dont even have a wordpress directory:
 * [http://lastcity.org/wordpress/](http://lastcity.org/wordpress/)
 * So, there is NO wp-config.php here:
 * [http://lastcity.org/wordpress/wp-config.php](http://lastcity.org/wordpress/wp-config.php)
 * Or here (where it should be looking):
 * [http://lastcity.org/wp-config.php](http://lastcity.org/wp-config.php)
 * You need to have one at one of those locations depending on where you are installing.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strange-error/#post-635935)
 * I just got askimeted with my reply..see this:
 * [http://www.village-idiot.org/askimet.txt](http://www.village-idiot.org/askimet.txt)
 *  Thread Starter [lostcityorg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostcityorg/)
 * (@lostcityorg)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strange-error/#post-636553)
 * I finally gave in and had it installed by Install4Free.

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 * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/)
 * [wp-config.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-config-php/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [lostcityorg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostcityorg/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strange-error/#post-636553)
 * Status: resolved

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