I had this problem as well, and the MetaBase schema file would be overwritten with 0kb. I eventually used the SQL file and forgot to go back and investigate this problem.
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Why it sends me this:
Error: Could not parse database schema file: Could not read from input stream Line 0 Column 0 Byte index 0
when I execute the install_db.php?
I had this problem as well, and the MetaBase schema file would be overwritten with 0kb. I eventually used the SQL file and forgot to go back and investigate this problem.