title: Unable to install Wordpress on MAMP
body: <p>I recieve this error message when attempting to install Wordpress:</p>
  
  <p>mamp has quit because of an unknown error. Please check the mamp pro error log inside the logs directory for more information.</p>
  
  <p>Also, when attempting to change the MySQL password under the MySQL tab I recieve this error message:</p>
  
  <p>mamp could not update mysql password. please check if mysql is running, check your configuration and try again.</p>
  
  <p>Here are my error logs:</p>
  
  <pre><code>----apache----
  
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:25 2016] [warn] pid file C:/MAMP/bin/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:25 2016] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:25 2016] [notice] Digest: done
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:26 2016] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2e mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.0.6 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:26 2016] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:26 2016] [notice] Parent: Created child process 11620
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:27 2016] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:27 2016] [notice] Digest: done
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:28 2016] [notice] Child 11620: Child process is running
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:28 2016] [notice] Child 11620: Acquired the start mutex.
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:28 2016] [notice] Child 11620: Starting 64 worker threads.
  [Thu Aug 11 14:54:28 2016] [notice] Child 11620: Starting thread to listen on port 8888.
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:34 2016] [warn] pid file C:/MAMP/bin/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:34 2016] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:34 2016] [notice] Digest: done
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:35 2016] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2e mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.0.6 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:35 2016] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:35 2016] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4176
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:36 2016] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:36 2016] [notice] Digest: done
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:37 2016] [notice] Child 4176: Child process is running
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:37 2016] [notice] Child 4176: Acquired the start mutex.
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:37 2016] [notice] Child 4176: Starting 64 worker threads.
  [Thu Aug 11 14:55:37 2016] [notice] Child 4176: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
  
  --------
  
  ----mysql----
  
  160811 14:54:28 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
  160811 14:54:28 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
  160811 14:54:28 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlocked functions
  160811 14:54:28 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
  160811 14:54:28 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
  160811 14:54:28 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
  160811 14:54:28 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
  160811 14:54:28  InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
  160811 14:54:29 InnoDB: 5.5.49 started; log sequence number 1595675
  160811 14:54:29 [Note] Server hostname (bind-address): '0.0.0.0'; port: 8889
  160811 14:54:29 [Note]   - '0.0.0.0' resolves to '0.0.0.0';
  160811 14:54:29 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '0.0.0.0'.
  160811 14:54:29 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
  160811 14:54:29 [Note] C:\MAMP\bin\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe: ready for connections.
  Version: '5.5.49-log'  socket: ''  port: 8889  MySQL Community Server (GPL)
  160811 14:55:30 [Note] C:\MAMP\bin\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe: Normal shutdown
  
  160811 14:55:30 [Note] Event Scheduler: Purging the queue. 0 events
  160811 14:55:30  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
  160811 14:55:31  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1595675
  160811 14:55:31 [Note] C:\MAMP\bin\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe: Shutdown complete
  
  160811 14:55:37 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
  160811 14:55:37 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
  160811 14:55:37 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlocked functions
  160811 14:55:37 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
  160811 14:55:37 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
  160811 14:55:37 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
  160811 14:55:37 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
  160811 14:55:37  InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
  160811 14:55:38 InnoDB: 5.5.49 started; log sequence number 1595675
  160811 14:55:38 [Note] Server hostname (bind-address): '0.0.0.0'; port: 3306
  160811 14:55:38 [Note]   - '0.0.0.0' resolves to '0.0.0.0';
  160811 14:55:38 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '0.0.0.0'.
  160811 14:55:38 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
  160811 14:55:38 [Note] C:\MAMP\bin\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe: ready for connections.
  Version: '5.5.49-log'  socket: ''  port: 3306  MySQL Community Server (GPL)
  160811 15:01:46 [Note] C:\MAMP\bin\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe: Normal shutdown
  
  160811 15:01:46 [Note] Event Scheduler: Purging the queue. 0 events
  160811 15:01:46  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
  160811 15:01:47  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1595675
  160811 15:01:47 [Note] C:\MAMP\bin\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe: Shutdown complete
  
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  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If you would be able to provide me with a solution to this, it would be much appreciated.</p>