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I get this error message when I try to install the sample data during Joomla installation:

Error: the XML response that was returned from the server cannot be processed.

How do I get rid of this error?

RJ
2011-08-25 05:24:00
I am installing joomla in windows...so permissions should not be a problem.....???
2011-08-22 12:01:00
Before loading the installation/index.php wizard1. Install your web server, mysql and php components correctly! I won't cover this here... it was pretty easy in ubuntu linux with the apt-get utility2. Make sure all files are owned by the user that runs the webserver processGo to the web server root and chmod all files recursivelycd /var/www/htdocschown -R user:group joomla 'user' is the webserver user: www-data on ubuntu, normally apache on other linuxes 'group' is the primary group for the webserver user: www-data on ubuntu, apache on othersThe example assumes your web server root is in /var/www/htdocs and the joomla root directory for your site is in the sub directory joomla3. Do NOT rename the sample configuration.php-dist file to configuration.php, start without a configuration file in you joomla root4. Create a database and user in MySQL using the console create database joomla; grant all on joomla.* to 'joomla'@'localhost' identified by 'secretpassword'; flush privileges;Start the installation wizard.
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RJ
2011-08-22 09:51:00
Tried installing with default settings ,I am not installing ftp module , it is set to NO as default.Tried editing the sampledata.sql file as shown in the video still the problem remains....Still getting a heap of errors in both front end and back end...
Jeffery Fabish
2011-08-22 08:27:00
Did you change that Joomla database table prefix? Install with default settings. Make sure you have taken ownership of the directory which you are installing (i.e: chmod 777   Joomla)