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I am new to all this, so not sure if I have overlooked something simple. I have setup Apache ok and can view the XOOPS startup pages on the local host. When I come the the database settings I leave host name as "local host", database username blank, then "XOOPS" for database name and a password. All goes well until the "check database" section when it says it cannot connect. Any ideas?

did you create all requires such as database, username, and password before install?

managed to sort it after reading another thread. I should have used root rather than localhost as host name. Thanks

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managed to sort it after reading another thread. I should have used root rather than localhost as host name.

it's wrong because it should be like this

host: localhost
username: root
password: (blank, if you didn't setup password yet)

However, you might still encounter problem because you didn't create database for it yet

sorry you're right!