Virtuemart 2.0.6 install hang

[Omni+]

I have installed Virtuemart before without issue. In this case I am doing a fresh install of Virtuemart 2.0.6 (latest) on a fresh install of the latest current, Joomla 2.5.4 , using the usual extension install method under Joomla Extensions directory. All things appear normal in the process except that the install window goes blank and seems to never complete. Upon refresh Virtuemart is not present.

The platform is Pentium 4 - 1.3Ghz on an Intel motherboard, 768MB Ram, running Windows XP sp3 fully updated. The machine is dedicated to this purpose with a minimum of other software installed, only that which might in some way pertain to or facilitate Joomla website building. Firefox 11 is the default browser both in Windows and for WAMP. Wamp is also the latest available stable download.

Any ideas why Virtuemart does not complete the install will be appreciated.

Thanks !
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Edit - ~17:20 EST :

Tried install via "Install from Directory" which apparently failed also, yielding this message : Failed loading XML file
C:\wamp\www\YDSite1/administrator/modules/mod_atjupgrade/mod_atjupgrade.xml
XML: failed to load external entity "file:///C:/wamp/www/YDSite1/administrator/modules/mod_atjupgrade/mod_atjupgrade.xml"

[jk1]

One of these should help:
http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?t ... #msg336288
Some localhost servers are not able to unpack the tar.gz filesets. The workaround is to convert the components to .zip packages before installing.

One of the other options is here:
http://www.phoca.cz/documents/2-phoca-g ... setup-file

[krayon]

Thanks @jk1, it solved my problem