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The complete error is: 

Failed to initialize central HHBC repository:
Failed to initialize schema in /home/shreeram/.hhvm.hhbc:

I am trying to configure hhvm ana apache2. For that i am following this link how-to-setup-hhvm-on-ubuntu-14-04-server-with-apache-2-4-part-1/

In above link i am stuck in the step when i put this command in the terminal: 

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

The result of that command is the error mentioned above.

The shreeram directory has both read and write permission.

Could anyone help me to understand what i am missing there?

shreeram banne
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Are you sure permissions are correct on /home/shreeram, and that /home/shreeram/.hhvm.hhbc is readable and writable by the user running php? This issue really does sound like a permissions problem.

As the same user that was running php, does touch /home/shreeram/.hhvm.hhbc work? What about echo > /home/shreeram/.hhvm.hhbc?

If that's all fine, try rm /home/shreeram/.hhvm.hhbc and then try to install Composer again. Although it's typically a permission error, there are cases when the repo can become corrupt (particularly if the enclosing directory is on NFS or some other network filesystem) and you can just remove it and start over.

Josh Watzman
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