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10/21/2010 9:14 AM
 
Rohit R


Joined: 2/10/2004
Posts: 5
Hi,

 I have been trying to install DNN 5.5.2 on my Win XP SP3 but in vain.

 I have SQL Server 2008 Express installed.

 When i run the site from Micrisoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express, and navigate to install.aspx

 i get a xml parser error in my firefox browser

XML Parsing Error: no element found
Location: http://localhost:1505/DotNetNuke/Install/Install.aspx?mode=Install
Line Number 1, Column 1:
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10/21/2010 10:25 AM
 
William Severance


www.wesnetdesigns.com
Joined: 2/18/2005
Posts: 3253
I assume you mean DNN 5.5.1 as there is no 5.5.2.

If you are trying to install the source package, did you rename either release.config or development.config file to web.config?

Also, particularly for your first installations, do not use the source package and Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer 2010 Express. Either use the install package after setting up your environment (IIS with ASP.Net 3.5 SP 1 or ASP.Net 4.0 properly installed along with SQL Server 2005 or 2008-standard or express) or the web platform installer package. The source package requires a build of the solution before it can be installed - I don't think that can be done with Visual Web Developer but have never tried it as I use Visual Studio.
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10/21/2010 10:45 AM
 
Rohit R


Joined: 2/10/2004
Posts: 5
I am trying to install the community edition and i have IIS 5.1 is this sufficient?
 
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10/21/2010 2:38 PM
 
Carlos Rodriguez

www.almacigo.com
Joined: 6/10/2003
Posts: 615
Yes.  IIS 5.1, which is included with WinXP Pro is sufficient.

Please follow William's advice and use the "Install Package" instead of the "Source Package".  The Install Package is precompiled and ready to run out of the box (zip).  You DO NOT need any of the MS developer tools to get started with DNN.  This is a common confusion for new users.  Delete the source package completely and put the Install Package in its place.

Follow the installation procedure and when you are done just run the site from your browser and that should be it.  Again, there is no need to use Visual Studio at all.

Carlos
 
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10/22/2010 12:36 AM
 
Rohit R


Joined: 2/10/2004
Posts: 5
Ok

 So i did as instructed.

 Now when i browse http://localhost/DotNetNuke

  the directory contents are listed.

 However when i browse to http://localhost/DotNetNuke/Install/install.aspx

 I get the following error:

Server Error in '/DotNetNuke' Application.

Failed to access IIS metabase.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.

The process account used to run ASP.NET must have read access to the IIS metabase (e.g. IIS://servername/W3SVC). For information on modifying metabase permissions, please see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=26....

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace: 

[HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.]
System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.MapPathCaching(String siteID, VirtualPath path) +1076
System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.System.Web.Configuration.IConfigMapPath2.MapPath(String siteID, VirtualPath vpath) +9
System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPathActual(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitNull) +301
System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPathInternal(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitNull) +51
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetPhysicalPath(VirtualPath virtualPath) +39
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +704
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +583
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetApplicationPathData() +38
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetVirtualPathData(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitPathsOutsideApp) +8778063
System.Web.Configuration.RuntimeConfig.GetConfig(VirtualPath path) +46
System.Web.Configuration.RuntimeConfig.GetLKGRuntimeConfig(VirtualPath path) +96

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.1
 
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