[eluser]Phil Sturgeon[/eluser]
This issue is caused by not having MySQLi installed. MySQLi is not required for PyroCMS to run but it was the only way we could think to get the installer importing out SQL scripts nicely at the time. Yorick experimented with a few options but in the end this was they method we chose.
I have set up a ticket to get the installer to check for MySQLi so they error is not dislayed and a more useful message can be returned instead but long term we need a better installation method.
As you have said, the manual install seems to work and it really is not that much extra work to get it working manually. Sorry for the inconvience anyway. :-(
