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Joomla uninstall joomla 3.02 reinstall 1.7 fails

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:36 am
by mshall
I made the mistake of upgrading to joomla 3.0 only to realise I would need extensions that are not yet available. So I uninstalled and re-installed. Something is wrong because some of the home page is corrupt, and I cannot access many other pages at all. Admin is accessible.

I don't know where to start in working out what to do. I would be very grateful for help.

Do I need to do anything in addition to uninstalling to get a clean basis for re-installing?

Re: Joomla uninstall joomla 3.02 reinstall 1.7 fails

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:57 am
by bigfoot65
Probably a database issue. When you uninstall the app, it automatically backs up the database. Then on install, if a previous database exists it is imported.

Recommend you uninstall the app. Then go to /var/hda/dbs and remove anything that has joomla in the name. Reinstall the app and it should work fine.

If not, check the apps log directory for issues.

Re: Joomla uninstall joomla 3.02 reinstall 1.7 fails

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:49 pm
by mshall
Thanks so much again. All is well again! That did the trick. :D

Re: Joomla uninstall joomla 3.02 reinstall 1.7 fails

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:45 am
by bigfoot65
Awesome. One day we will have an option per app in the dashboard for database backup/restore. That way you can choose to restore or not restore a previous version.

Sorry for any inconvenience.