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When installing Thyme, the database installation portion may fail with the message "Specified key was too long." This error message is related to the MySQL bug documented here: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4541

To bypass this error, you may run the following SQL (using phpMyAdmin or a similar tool) on the database where you are installing Thyme:

ALTER DATABASE db_name CHARACTER SET latin1;

Where 'db_name' is the name of the database in where you are installing Thyme.

Please do not hesitate to contact support if you have any questions at all or need help performing this.