MIDAS Knowledge Base MIDAS Knowledge Base

Browser prompts to open or save install.pl during MIDAS installation

If your browser prompts you to open or save a file named "install.pl" during installation of a self-hosted MIDAS room booking system self-hosted, this usually means one of the following:
  • The web server is not configured to handle Perl scripts.
  • The install.pl file does not have the correct file permissions.
Browser prompt to open or save the install.pl file during MIDAS installation

Check that the MIDAS booking software installer file, install.pl, has execute permissions enabled on your server using CHMOD 755. Also check that your web server knows how to correctly handle Perl scripts.

If your server is not configured to handle .pl files correctly, it may attempt to serve the file as a download or display it as text instead of executing it.


Further Reading



← Return to the Knowledge Base