Warning:

[eskimo]

When I try to install I get the following errors:

Warning: Unknown(/home/public_html/coppermine/install.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0

Warning: (null)(): Failed opening '/home/public_html/coppermine/install.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in Unknown on line 0

[Joachim Müller]

Two options imo:
Your coppermine files got corrupted - get a fresh copy, upload them to your webserver, chmod as specified in the readme that comes with coppermine.
Second option: permissions not set properly, the server and the user need read/execute everywhere, include and albums dir have to be 755 or 777 (depending on server setup) - refer to the readme!

GauGau

[eskimo]

Thank-you for your help. My files got corrupted, I reuploaded and the install was successful .