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Hi,

I have seen this come up alot in the forum and the standard answer seems to be to ensure you have chmod 777 the relevant directories, however in my case the issue was joomlas handling of trailing backslashes

My host, Crystone,  is running Apache/1.3.34 (Debian) PHP/4.4.4-0.dotdeb.3 with Suhosin-Patch AuthMySQL/4.3.9-2 mod_ssl/2.8.22 OpenSSL/0.9.7e

The problem I found was that it didnt like directories with a trailing back slash. You can check this very easily:






phpinfo();
mkdir ("/yourhomedirectory/test/", 0777); <- trailing backslash
?>



If you can create the directory then the problem is else where. If you cant then try to open joomla\administrator\components\com_installer\component\component.class.php and change like so


if(!file_exists($this->elementDir()) && !mosMakePath(substr($this->elementDir(), 0, -1))) {
...


if(!file_exists($this->componentAdminDir()) && !mosMakePath(substr($this->componentAdminDir(), 0, -1))) {
...

This chops the trailing back slash off and sorted all my problems.

/Tom

I should also add that I suspect the root of the problem might be Suhosin-Patch

For those using JCE and having the same problem with its plug-ins, joomla\administrator\components\com_jce\installer\plugins\plugins.class.php

if(!file_exists((substr($this->elementDir(), 0, -1))) && !mosMakePath(substr($this->elementDir(), 0, -1))) {

/Tom

Thanks Tom, this solvd my problem

Daniel

i installed safejjomla and resolved this problem

Thank you!!!!!!   

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanx!  I tried all the other proposed solutions, this one works like a charm!

uuuuaaaooo...



THANKSSSSS A LOOT.

After many hours of searching the solution.. i have read your post and fix everything.!!!


god Bless you.

Joomla is the best!!


Andres Pinta  -  http://www.calicristiana.com

OMG dude, you're a legend!!! I was about ready to rip out my hair!!! Thanks heaps!

I thought that this could be the light at the end of the tunnel, but still no solution for me... 
I tried everything, I even chmod all my files and directories to 0777, I tried to install the components with the zip process, web process, modified the component.class.php file like you said, but still getting the same errors... I really don't know what else to do... I'm trapped... 

***UPDATE***
Thanks to a safe mode patch, I solved the situation. Thanks again to pingvin13 for giving me the link to download the patch!

Thanks Thomas that really does the trick, saved me from more Gray hairs on that one cheers mate

Ingi

Hi there just checked your post
i am having problem with installling a new template . when  i try, its say failed to upload and it can not make new directory . i have just used a ftp to see where you have gone.what line should i be looking at.i am not a programmer but i am very interested .i am not sure where to type the  text to change line.
i am using a a localhost so i wont damage my site , its only for test. can you give me more detail please or ido i need to download a patch to rectify my headache
thank you

MR jones

Hi Again
i had another look in the file. and i can see these files do i need to change  them to like yours . i am referring from my above post

if(!file_exists($this->elementDir()) && !mosMakePath($this->elementDir())) {
$this->setError( 1, 'Failed to create directory "' . $this->elementDir() . '"' );
return false;
}

if(!file_exists($this->componentAdminDir()) && !mosMakePath($this->componentAdminDir())) {
$this->setError( 1, 'Failed to create directory "' . $this->componentAdminDir() . '"' );
return false;

MR jones

hey ya!

thanks for this very informative thread. i tried it though and still doesnt work. it was able to solve the component installation though. yey!

however, my themes still not working. tried chmod even to 777, tried ftp, reinstall, etc.

theres something about globals/safemode that people are saying. should i check that out? if i need to contact my host, could you please tell me what specific question to ask? and what i need them to do?

thanks a bunch!