Joomla extension install from URL error: Archive does not exist

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user1448031 picture user1448031 · Mar 5, 2014 · Viewed 8.4k times · Source

I am trying to install a package from URL into my local server and I am getting this error:

Error
Archive does not exist

Warning
JFolder: :files: Path is not a folder. Path: C:\xampp\htdocs\Joomla\tmp\install_53170ad5161e0
JFolder: :folder: Path is not a folder. Path: C:\xampp\htdocs\Joomla\tmp\install_53170ad5161e0
JFolder: :files: Path is not a folder. Path: C:\xampp\htdocs\Joomla\tmp\install_53170ad5161e0
JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find Joomla XML setup file

The tmp paths are correct and the remote file URL link is correct too. I've also tried by clearing the tmp folder but still does not help. The package installs correctly when the package file is uploaded.

Does anyone know what's happening?

Answer

zkanoca picture zkanoca · Mar 5, 2014

If you are using Linux

You may need to fix the directory permissions. Check if there is any directory of which CHMOD is not 0777. If there are folders which their CHMOD value is lower than 0777 set them to 0777. After installation you have to change chmod back to 0755

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