New install and was going to use lat9's clone-a-template plugin to clone one of the default templates prior to beginning any customizations. The cloned template didn't show up in the list when navigating to the template selection tab within zc admin

That's when I noticed classic green was not present either, though the files appear in the appropriate directories.
database template_select table only has responsive_classic as an entry.

Something apparently didn't happen during install that is affecting this. Same results using a different server (same host)

Suggestions on where to look?
is gzip extension required. I saw a notice of some sort during install but proceeded with the install since the notice appeared to be an observation; not a show-stopper.
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zc 155e vanilla install
php5.6.31
MySQL 5.5.5-10.1.28-MariaDB
Linux 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64
HTTP Server: LiteSpeed

zero plugins have been uploaded/installed

Upload 155e zip file to server subfolder /155e
Extract
Create new db and new db user
run zc_install
the only template selectable is responsive_classic
Classic contemporary green files appear to be present
template_select table only has responsive classic

Same install on a different server yields same result

Something is not right and as a result lat9 clone-a-template plugin creates template files but does not write the cloned template name to the template_select folder

None of the 7 zcInstallLog files show anything meaningful to me