Installation error (MySQL) (1 Viewer)

[SpudR]

So just for fun I thought I'd completely reinstall MP - this has turned out to be a real ball ache!
Completely removing MP (using 'Control Panel' >> 'Programs & Features', then CCleaner registry scan)
Completely remove MySQL (I had a 5.1 version and a 5.6 version installed for some reason). Same method as above.
Download the MP 1.12.0 Final version and run the install.
Running either the 1 click install, or the custom install results in an SQL error:
MySQL - Set password error:1
Then: Failed to install application: MySQL
After this the installer just quits.
I've tried running the install as an admin, just to see what happens - no joy.
This is a repeatable error - it happens every time I try to reinstall...

Any help appreciated...

 

[mm1352000]

Sorry to hear you're having trouble.
The log files you've posted are the MediaPortal log files. They seem to show MP is installed successfully. I'd be more interested in the TV Server log files, since MySQL relates to TV Server. If there's an error in the log files, I'd expect it to be there.

As it happens, I suspect this is actually a MySQL error. A quick search reveals:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/solution-to-mysql-set-password-error.92482/

Please try.

 

[SpudR]

Thanks @mm1352000 - the logs lie
I thought I'd done that already, but will try again...

 

[mm1352000]

the logs lie

MediaPortal install can succeed while TV Server install fails (and vice-versa).

 

[mm1352000]

Here we go:
https://github.com/MediaPortal/Medi...yTool/InstallationChecks/MySQLChecker.cs#L358

The error code (1) comes from mysqladmin.exe. I'm not able to find the list of error codes at present, but I suspect your uninstall wasn't clean.

 

[SpudR]

Certainly looks that way - I manually searched the HDD and found several places where the /MySQL folders remained.
Nuked them and testing again...

#Edit#
That seems to have sorted it!

Manually finding and deleting the /MySQL folders and a reboot...
Wiki time...

 

[SpudR]

@high Wiki login has broken again - can you please have a look at it?
Thanks!

 

[high]

check if you changed forum/homepage password a while ago and if so..try the old one (if you remember it). Otherwise I need to set a new pass manualy. If you prefer something...pm please

 

[SpudR]

That was a complete pain! I managed to get 5.7 to install, though I don't know if there will be any problems with a later version than the deploy tool installs.
It took about 4 tries to get the db installed, with deletions and reboots along the way.
Now I've got about 3 days of config to do!