I have been pulling my hair out for days trying to get DNN 4.8.1 installed. I am installing it on a shared server hosted by server intellect. I have been doing the "install wizard" option. The first problem I ran into was on the initial screen that checks permissions. I made a request to add NETWORK SERVICES account, which seemed to fix my problem for that step (permission test passed).
Current problem- I get all the way to the screen that wants to configure the authentication option. After I hit next I get a stack trace:
at System.String.Format(IFormatProvider provider, String format, Object[] args) at DotNetNuke.Services.Packages.InstallerInfo.ReadZipStream(Stream inputStream) at DotNetNuke.Services.Packages.InstallerInfo..ctor(Stream inputStream, String sitePath) at DotNetNuke.Modules.Admin.ResourceInstaller.ResourceInstaller.InstallPackage(String strFile, Boolean allowResources, Boolean writeFeedback, Int32 indent) at DotNetNuke.Services.Install.InstallWizard.InstallPackages()
Another note- when I try to install using "Custom" I only get as far as installing database version 4.4.0, and then it fails on the upgrade. When I try using "auto" absolutely nothing at all happens, I just get a blank screen. Also, in my many reinstalls I occasionally get an error when running some of the SQL upgrade scripts when using "Typical". I think I'm up to about re-install # 6 (related to permissions issues), and 2 of those failed on the SQL upgrade.
Any suggestions? Is 4.8.1 not ready for prime time? Is there something else I can do to get around this? I was really hoping to have a relatively easy install process but this is turning into hours and hours of trouble shooting.