```json
{
    "title": "WordPress Install – Installer FAIL!",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2008/08/06/wordpress-install-installer-fail/",
    "datePublished": "2008-08-06",
    "dateModified": "2008-08-06",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "So, the last post I put up simply stated that I had failed in installing Worpress 2.6 on my own server. The permalinks were messed up and it looked a…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# WordPress Install – Installer FAIL!

So, the last post I put up simply stated that I had failed in installing Worpress 2.6 on my own server. The permalinks were messed up and it looked a lot like an issue that a lot of people were having.
But, the catch was: the problem persisted when I tried to use Wordpress 2.5.1. Hmmm...wonder what's up.
So today, I started thinking that it might be an Apache issue, rather than a Wordpress issue. So, taking a break from a massive project I'm doing (only so much performance data you can process before brain freeze), I started to poke around.
`AllowOverride All`
That did it. I was not letting Apache read the damn *.htaccess* file that Wordpress installed.
Excuse the thudding of my head on the desk.
Many apologies to the Automattic team. This user haz th dumb.