# Help on how to install OSSN
**URL:** https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/help-on-how-to-install-ossn/17149
**Category:** Hosting Support
**Created:** [June 16, 2019, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/help-on-how-to-install-ossn/17149 "2019-06-16T07:34:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@anon53349201](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon53349201)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2019, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/help-on-how-to-install-ossn/17149/1 "2019-06-16T07:34:04Z")
How do I install the “Open Source Social Network”? See the print if configured correctly, it gives the following error: “Invalid data directory or data directory not writable
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### Author:  [@Oxy](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Oxy)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/help-on-how-to-install-ossn/17149/2 "2019-06-16T08:40:08Z")
> [@OSSN Error](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ossn-error/5490):
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> I have tried installing the open source social network script using softaculous but every time i proceed, it shows requirements not met error even though i have filled all information required… anyone has any idea on how this works and whats going on?
> [@Installation Failed - Softaculous](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/installation-failed-softaculous/6497/4):
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> I just noticed you were trying to install OSSN. That script is not supported because it requires the data folder to be outside the website folder, which isn’t possible here due to security restrictions.
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### Author:  [@anon53349201](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon53349201)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/help-on-how-to-install-ossn/17149/3 "2019-06-16T08:50:59Z")
Please help me out
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### Author:  [@Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Admin)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/help-on-how-to-install-ossn/17149/4 "2019-06-16T10:24:05Z")
@Oxy did help you out. The articles he linked to answered _exactly_ the same question as you asked. Please read those articles first. If you still have questions, please do ask them, but I don’t see any reason to repeat what has already been said before.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/help-on-how-to-install-ossn/17149/5 "2019-07-16T10:24:06Z")
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