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@hnla –

Thanks! I was sure I was missing at least one or many database tables, and I suppose my error report from the manual install is making it clear that I’m missing bb_posts.

Manual installation of bbpress consists of downloading it in a zip (available on the bbpress site) installing it on the server much like wordpress was installed – and then integrating it with wordpress (which allows it later to be used with buddypress):

The guide I use for manual installation and wordpress integration:

http://www.wpmods.com/integrate-wordpress-bbpress

I always successfully install bbpress but not without the above posted errors. Although manual installation was suggested as a fix to the common posting errors problem it makes no difference for me as the database table “bb_posts” fails to be created whether I do a single-click install or manual.

As for your statement
`It’s not wasting peoples time to suggest all possible solutions to a problem that is difficult to pin down to an exact cause`

– I created this thread specifically for people who have pinned down part of the problem – namely that we are missing database table(s) after installation. So maybe we can tackle whatever is causing that issue in particular.