CA Providence: Class 'ApplicationException' not found

[peter_b]

[PROBLEM]
Fresh CollectiveAccess providence (v1.7. install on Debian9, PHP7.0 - getting the following error message when trying to initially access its folder for the first time:

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'ApplicationException' not found in /var/www/html/providence/index.php:34 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/providence/index.php on line 34

Found someone with the same error message on the forum (posting from 2018 by koenigZie). Seth replied, but there was no answer what caused the problem:
"New Pawtucket Installation - Uncaught Error: Class 'ApplicationException' not found"


[SOLUTION]
I looked at the code in index.php at line 34:

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    if (!file_exists('./setup.php')) {
        caDisplayException(new ApplicationException("No setup.php found"));
        exit;
    }

Well, I forgot that "setup.php-dist" has to be copied to "setup.php" - and edited before anything will work!