I'm sorry, my bad. I really should get more sleep. I thought it was directed at you but obviously I was wrong. To answer your question though, no I didn't install using fantastico or any other installer. I installed manually. I've always found that while an installer is great to get up and running quickly you end up running into trouble when you try to modify/customize your scripts.
Sorry for the misunderstanding, best of luck.

I clicked a few of your google ads for the bother lol.