# OSSN Installation Error Softaculous
**URL:** https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ossn-installation-error-softaculous/32771
**Category:** Hosting Support
**Created:** [July 12, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ossn-installation-error-softaculous/32771 "2020-07-12T21:20:32Z")
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### Author:  [@anon63646307](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon63646307)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ossn-installation-error-softaculous/32771/1 "2020-07-12T21:20:32Z")
Hi, whoever I try to install OSSN via Softaculous it just says “Installation Error”
It says this every single time and I can’t figure out why.
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### Author:  [@Oxy](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Oxy)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ossn-installation-error-softaculous/32771/2 "2020-07-12T21:36:26Z")
Hi
> [@Help on how to install OSSN](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/help-on-how-to-install-ossn/17149):
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> 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
> [@ossn problem](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ossn-problem/6503):
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> i cant install ossn i get this [http://prntscr.com/emp3xo](http://prntscr.com/emp3xo "http://prntscr.com/emp3xo") what is the problem
> [@OSSN Error](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ossn-error/5490/2):
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> Social networking scripts are not allowed on our free hosting because they tend to require a lot of resources. It’s not unlikely that the same limits prevent your script from being installed too.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ossn-installation-error-softaculous/32771/3 "2020-07-27T21:36:34Z")
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