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I have cloned a git repository containing a magento site in the same way as I normally do when joining a project. I went through the usual process of setting up database and setting everything up on my local.

This time for some reason everytime I try to view the site through my browser it redirects to the magento install page. I have only set up a few magento sites in the past and none were from scratch but I assume due to not having to install it before, I shouldn't have to this time. Any ideas what may be wrong or what file I need to modify to get this to work?

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The chief cause of this is a missing or misnamed local.xml file in app/etc/ - this file is responsible for database connection details and cache settings. If it is missing it is assumed that it is a new installation and prompts you through the installation routine.

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  • Hey, thanks very much for the answer. What you suggested definitely fixed one problem but for some reason now every page says - There has been an error processing your request. If you could point me in the right direction it would be a great help. Thanks again.. – develophper Oct 14 '13 at 14:17
  • In many cases this is because the defined database user does not have permission to read/update the database as configured. There is likely an error # issued on that screen, there should be a corresponding log # in your mage install var/report/ folder or check in the general php error log. Best of luck. – philwinkle Oct 14 '13 at 14:31
  • @ThomasRyan The "There has been an error processing your request." error page usually contains a reference number. This reference points you to a text file under var/reports with more information on the error. It is likely unrelated to this question so if you can't resolve it yourself please create a new question. – Kristof at Fooman Oct 14 '13 at 14:31
  • @philwinkle sounds good thank you very much. – develophper Oct 14 '13 at 14:33
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    even if app/etc/local.xml is present, the content may be wrong or corrupt in some way. make sure all the node contents look correct and the document is valid xml. – Ariel Allon Feb 24 '15 at 6:18
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Mainly there are two reasons if you are getting installation page:

app/etc/local.xml file is missing or this file has wrong or unfinished syntax.

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wrong permissions. i had this problem when updated core files under root. fixed the problem by running in magento folder:

chown -R www-data:www-data ./*
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Addition to above answers there is a possibility of missing file while doing migration. Rename your downloader directory to something else and refresh the page it will start showing the missing file.

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If you are using Linux servers and fresh installation of Magento just change ownership of folder. Sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /{Dir}

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