EmonCMS Install Script Error

Emoncms Installation
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please can someone help I get the following error when I run the install script on ubuntu 20 system

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Install Emoncms Core Modules
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/opt/openenergymonitor/EmonScripts/install/emoncms_modules.sh: line 8: cd: /var/www/emoncms/Modules: No such file or directory
- Module dashboard already exists
- Module device already exists
- Module app already exists
- Module graph already exists
- Module postprocess already exists
- Module demandshaper already exists
- Module backup already exists
- Module sync already exists
- Module usefulscripts already exists
Update Emoncms database
PHP Warning:  chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in /opt/openenergymonitor/EmonScripts/common/emoncmsdbupdate.php on line 8
PHP Warning:  require(process_settings.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/openenergymonitor/EmonScripts/common/emoncmsdbupdate.php on line 9
PHP Fatal error:  require(): Failed opening required 'process_settings.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /opt/openenergymonitor/EmonScripts/common/emoncmsdbupdate.php on line 9
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Hello @Oddi_Ferreira Im not sure what has gone wrong here to cause this. It maybe that earlier in the process one of the steps did not complete correctly resulting in a broken install further down the line. Could you try the script again to see if it passes a second time?

If it persists I will have to run the script here to see if I can replicate the issue.

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@TrystanLea yes the script had failed in between few times and had to restart finally after completing it started giving this error, the issue was resolved after a clean install of ubuntu.(Maybe due to the user not having full rights to the root directory, later done with the root user)

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The script instructions give a method to create a ‘pi’ user on the Ubuntu instance, and add it to SUDO to avoid that. Not tested with latest release of Ubuntu.

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From what I’ve read, it’s bad juju to install anything as the root user.
With some things, you have no choice. But it’s not a habit one wants to get into.