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I am having problems installing CiviCRM 3.0 for the first time. I get the error message below. Any help would be great.

Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred. The error trace below might help to resolve the issue

Array
(
    [callback] => Array
        (
           

• => CRM_Core_Error
[1] => handle
        )

   

=> -18
    [message] => DB Error: no such table
    [mode] => 16
    [debug_info] => SELECT *
 FROM civicrm_preferences
 
 WHERE (  civicrm_preferences.domain_id = 1 )  AND (  civicrm_preferences.is_domain = 1 )
 
 
 
 [nativecode=1146 ** Table 'wwdf_jo151.civicrm_preferences' doesn't exist]
    [type] => DB_Error
    [user_info] => SELECT *
 FROM civicrm_preferences
 
 WHERE (  civicrm_preferences.domain_id = 1 )  AND (  civicrm_preferences.is_domain = 1 )
 
 
 
 [nativecode=1146 ** Table 'wwdf_jo151.civicrm_preferences' doesn't exist]
    [to_string] => [db_error: message="DB Error: no such table" code=-18 mode=callback callback=CRM_Core_Error::handle prefix="" info="SELECT *
 FROM civicrm_preferences
 
 WHERE (  civicrm_preferences.domain_id = 1 )  AND (  civicrm_preferences.is_domain = 1 )
 
 
 
 [nativecode=1146 ** Table 'wwdf_jo151.civicrm_preferences' doesn't exist]"]
)