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After some unsuccessful attempts to automatically install CiviCRM on Drupal I decided to try manual installation. Carefully following instructions on http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Install+CiviCRM+1.9+for+Drupal
I edited configuration file and processed all the recommended operations. I have found some inconsistencies between instructions in manual and real installation. Despite my very careful job I’ve got a lot of Drupal errors and still need help …
Below is review of inconsistencies and Drupal error dump …

Section 4 Download and Install CiviCRM Code

Passage 3:
“Copy or ftp the tarball file to your server's drupal/modules directory”

And below:
“// Move into Drupal's modules directory
cd /var/www/drupal/sites/all/modules”

My comment:
It’s very unclear what the directory you should to use.

Section 6. Edit CiviCRM Configuration File
Passage 2:
“Now open the file <drupal_root>/sites/default/civicrm.settings.php in your favorite editor. It should look like this”

My comment:
There is no file civicrm.settings.php in installation directory. There is  civicrm.settings.php.sample file. Should you renamed it to civicrm.settings.php an so on??
Still unclear (


After careful check of all positions in civicrm.settings.php and uploading this file to .../drupal/sites/default/ I’ve got following Drupal errors:

    * warning: include_once(sites/default/civicrm.settings.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /hsphere/local/home/volmark/...../drupal/sites/all/modules/civicrm/drupal/civicrm.module on line 234.
    * warning: include_once(): Failed opening 'sites/default/civicrm.settings.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/hsphere/shared/apache/libexec/php5ext/php/') in /hsphere/local/home/volmark/...../drupal/sites/all/modules/civicrm/drupal/civicrm.module on line 234.
    * warning: include_once(sites/default/civicrm.settings.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /hsphere/local/home/volmark/...../drupal/sites/all/modules/civicrm/drupal/civicrm.module on line 234.
    * warning: include_once(): Failed opening 'sites/default/civicrm.settings.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/hsphere/shared/apache/libexec/php5ext/php/') in /hsphere/local/home/volmark/...../drupal/sites/all/modules/civicrm/drupal/civicrm.module on line 234.

    * Oops! - The CiviCRM settings file (civicrm.settings.php) was not found in the expected location (sites/default/civicrm.settings.php). Please review the Installation Instructions, Installation FAQs, and Trouble-shooting documentation for assistance.
    * The configuration options have been saved.
    *Oops! - The CiviCRM settings file (civicrm.settings.php) was not found in the expected location (sites/default/civicrm.settings.php). Please review the Installation Instructions, Installation FAQs, and Trouble-shooting documentation for assistance.

By the way Drupal reported also another error in CiviCRM OG Sync:
Synchronize Organic Groups and CiviCRM Groups and ACL's. More information at: http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence//x/nDw
Depends on: Og (missing), CiviCRM (enabled)