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Got an error: Missing configuration file. Maybe you forgot to move mt-config.cgi-original to mt-config.cgi?

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Has anyone seen this error on install?

I'm installing to a new Hostgator account, created a database, uploaded the MT files to an /mt4 directory inside the cgi-bin, chmod'd the cgi files to 755 and when I run the mt.cgi file for the first time to start the installation process, the above is what it kicks.

Reported on Movable Type 4.2

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  • This is interesting...when I try it in IE (as opposed to FF), IE wants to either open mt.cgi as a text file, or save it to disk. Might this be a server config problem? Something Hostgator did (or didn't do) during account setup?

  • If I manually put the info in and create the mt-config.cgi, this is the error I get:
    "Got an error: Error opening file '/mt-config.cgi': No such file or directory"

    mt-check runs and says everything's OK. Any ideas?

  • and fixed...

    Found this thread:
    http://forums.sixapart.com/lofiversion/index.php/t61456.html

    Added this to bootstrap.pm, just below the "use strict;" line:

    sub BEGIN {
    $ENV{'MT_HOME'} = '/home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/mt4';
    }

    It sounds like this has something to do with new versions of perl...or something (that's getting a bit beyond me), though it would make sense, as this is a brand new account, and I've had mine for a few years and the last one I set up was a few months ago.

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