Ive deleted public_html

[philgunwhy25]

I wanted to uninstall joomla and thought it would just be best to delete everything in public_html.. and now it wont let me delete certain files and it wont let me reinstall joomla or install drupal until these files are deleted but they wont delete?

 

[Anna]

You should be able to delete the files now, it was a permissions problem (files and folders had the wrong permissions set).

Just don't delete the entire folder public_html, just its content.

 

[philgunwhy25]

thanks anna, yeah the stuff seems to be deleting now. Just to make it clear, If i want to start fresh, just delete every bar public_html folder itself? or are the any files/folders i need to keep? is webalizer and stuff like that part of joomla?

 

[Anna]

As long as you do not delete the public_html folder itself, or any other folder outside of that folder (in other words, leave all folders located under /home/your_cpanel_user intact), it'll be all fine.

If you install a script using softaculous or fantastico, it is recommended to also use their respective uninstall options, that should clear out the files/folders created during installation of the script.

 

[philgunwhy25]

As long as you do not delete the public_html folder itself, or any other folder outside of that folder (in other words, leave all folders located under /home/your_cpanel_user intact), it'll be all fine.

If you install a script using softaculous or fantastico, it is recommended to also use their respective uninstall options, that should clear out the files/folders created during installation of the script.

ok.. so I managed to delete everything required and install drupla, then found myself a template to install and tried to locate the folder to install it and i see nothing in public_html zero files. I'm sat there thinking how can i have a working version of drupla and be able to post content when there isnt a single file in public_html.. so i uninstall just to see if im going mad and it appears there are folders there? i dont have permisions to see or delete anything in public_html? bit confused here.. please help obv i need those permissions or i cant really build a website, lol. I'm probably being totally stupid, but I just see nothing in public_html.

 

[Brandon]

Hello,

Should be all set now.

 

[philgunwhy25]

well it was sorted in so much as that i could install drupal again.. did you just delete the files?

i cannot see any file in public_html at all and therefore cannot edit anything.

Also even thought drupal is now reinstalled it serves out an internal 500 error just trying to view the homepage..

i came on here to seek further help and the verify post thing couldnt of said it better check it out




I'm off to bed.. :frown:

 

[Anna]

Your Drupal now works without giving any errors on the main page.

Are you able to see the files now as well?

 

[philgunwhy25]

well it was sorted in so much as that i could install drupal again.. did you just delete the files?

i cannot see any file in public_html at all and therefore cannot edit anything.

Also even thought drupal is now reinstalled it serves out an internal 500 error just trying to view the homepage..

i came on here to seek further help and the verify post thing couldnt of said it better check it out

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I'm off to bed.. :frown:

yeh i can see the files now and drupal works.. what an odd experience this all is :/

 

[Anna]

Glad it all works now.

Personally, I always recommend installing scripts manually and not through Fantastico or Softaculous (they tend to leave a few traces behind if you only remove the files and not uninstall them using the same service).

Internal 500 error often comes as a result of having wrong file/folder permissions set, and those would likely also have been the reason for you not seeing the files. Why they were set as they were, that's another mystery though.

 

[philgunwhy25]

lol Anna, same problem again.

File permissions? 550 /public_html/themes/pushbutton: No such file or directory

This time I see it all these files and folders but when i try and delete i just spits out the above error. I removed drupal through the fantasico scrip i used to install in.

About to give up