Cannot select database

do you uses the FTP?

if you do, when you set up the installation, fill in the areas just like you would with the ftp

After I filled in the information to wp-config.php, I uploaded all the files using FTP. Then when I go to /wp-admin/install.php to install it (for the first time), it gives me the “cannot select database” error.

Are you using CPanel ?
https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/cpanel/

Either way, you need to associate the database with your name. The above guide does that for CPanel and there is another there for Plesk.

Sweet. Thanks.

I was using cPanel and didn’t do that one little extra step. I had the user in the DB, but I never pressed the “Add User to DB” button.

Thanks a ton man!