Unable to connect to database

In preparing a new install of 7.11.15, the installer wizard fails at data base connection with the following error: " Could not connect to the database. Please refer to suitecrm.log for details (2).
Fatal error : Uncaught Exception: Could not connect to the database. Please refer to suitecrm.log for details (2). in /home/xxxx/public_html/C9New/SuiteCRM-7.11.15/include/utils.php:1884 Stack trace: #0 /home/xxxx/public_html/C9New/SuiteCRM-7.11.15/include/database/MysqliManager.php(329): sugar_die(‘Could not conne…’) #1 /home/xxxx/public_html/C9New/SuiteCRM-7.11.15/include/database/DBManagerFactory.php(150): MysqliManager->connect(Array, true) #2 /home/xxxx/public_html/C9New/SuiteCRM-7.11.15/include/utils.php(3488): DBManagerFactory::getInstance() #3 [internal function]: sugar_cleanup() #4 {main} thrown in /home/xxxx/public_html/C9New/SuiteCRM-7.11.15/include/utils.php on line 1884"

In this sequence, the wizard is inserting the folder /xxxx/ in between home and public_html which is incorrect. /xxxx/ needs to be removed. Where do I go to remove that data base pathing from the sequence and how do I get the install wizard to attempt to run again?