spotweb: retrieve.php not working

Hi All,

On a fresh Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS with php7 the retrieve.php is telling me:

root@mysql1:/var/www/html/spotweb# php retrieve.php Unable to connect to database: No database settings have been entered, please use the ‘install.php’ wizard to install and configure Spotweb. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Spotweb, please consult https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb/wiki/Frequently-asked-questions/ first

Now obviously I have run the http://<host>/spotweb/install.php (twice), the output is all ok and the the dbsettings.inc.php is created. The frontend is working fine and the user is also allowed to connect to the database.

(not to worry, this is NOT the actual password) root@mysql1:/var/www/html/spotweb# cat dbsettings.inc.php

<?php
$dbsettings['engine'] = 'pdo_mysql';
$dbsettings['host'] = 'localhost';
$dbsettings['dbname'] = 'spotweb';
$dbsettings['user'] = 'spotweb';
$dbsettings['pass'] = 'slipTongQuig1';

root@mysql1:/var/www/html/spotweb# mysql spotweb -h 127.0.0.1 -u spotweb -pslipTongQuig1
mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 74
Server version: 5.7.16-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 (Ubuntu)

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Any idea what could cause this issue? Is spotweb php7 ready?

Thanks for any response. Paul.