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New to this software, sorry...

I have an existing Joomla site online, but want to overwrite this with a local backup made of another site (different database etc) using Joomla Pack.

Have copied the backup of the new local site to the root, along with the kickstart.php

It installs fine, but then asks for the main database information. Is this the info for the existing database, or the new one in the backup?

If its the new one, then I have entered the correct details

host = 'localhost'
user = 'root'
db = 'CadCamNews'
no password

However Kickstart will not connect to this. I have even edited the kickstart.php file to include these details.

What am I doing wrong???

Thanks, Alec

Alec,

The fields inside kickstart are "leftovers" used to automate restores with the old JPI3 installer. They don't have any purpose with JPI4, it uses different techniques to achieve the same thing.

You want to enter the information on the new MySQL database. If this is a commercial server, you probably don't have root access. That does work on a local server and with root access, the installer can create the database. If you're not using root, you have to manually create the database.