This appears to be a database connection issue. Can you confirm that you are using the correct connection details for your server and database? Have you other Joomla installations working on this server that you can check the configuration.php
Same with Naomi (Feb 2019), deleted the .txt file in the installation folder (the .txt filename began with _Joomla ).
Installation was fine after that.
I almost always use the J51 demo-installers with my sites.
I was trying to track down where an error was coming from the other day and set up a new install of plain Joomla, no demo-content, external templates or other extensions in the hope that if I gradually added the extensions I was using on my proper site I would be able to see where things were going wrong (I think the plain Joomla fresh install package was Joomla 3.8.6) .
When tried to I set up the plain Joomla package I got a similar error message to you and additionally a Joomla message about having to delete the Joomla text document from the installation folder before being able to complete the install, as a protection to ensure that it was someone with proper access to the hosting account who was doing the install...
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