Install package in J! 3.2 and 2.5 "Unable to write entry"

[Bettinz]

Hello, I'm blocked with a lot of sites on 2.5 and 3.2:
If I try to install from a local package, it say:
"Unable to write entry"
But If I unzip the package in remote tmp folder, and install from folder, it works.
I'm using php 5.5 on a VPS.
All permissions are writeable (except configuration.php).
Have anyone see something like that?


Thanks

PS: Install from web in 3.2 works without problems

[Per Yngve Berg]

Is the path to the tmp folder correct?

[Bettinz]

Yes, infact if for example the site is
testsite.com
the path is /home/tesite/public_html/tmp
If the component is called com_test.zip and I try to install, I see the folder (with random name) inside the tmp, but it print the error and doesn't install the component.
But if I try to install the same component from folder (extracted before during the install with error and not removed automatically), everything works.
So the steps are:
1) Install com_test.zip
a) print the error but create the folder in tmp, for example 12345abc/
2) install from folder ( 12345abc/ )
3) component installed

The sites are new and old migrated, and it's a recent problem.
I don't know if the starts are php 5.5 upgrade (from 5.4) or a new version of Joomla.

[Per Yngve Berg]

The Install from Directory is meant to be extracted prior to the install. That's what all documentation says.
You can use the Upload Package File method with a zip.

[Per Yngve Berg]

The Install from Directory is meant to be extracted prior to the install. That's what all documentation says.
You can use the Upload Package File method with a zip.

[Bettinz]

1) I upload com_name.zip (I mean every component) from extensions installer
2) it doesn't install the extension (with the error in subject) but it create the folder with random name in tmp folder.
3) if I install from folder: everything work

Without step 3, it doesn't install the extension. I know Joomla since 2005, and this si the first time I see something like that.

[sovainfo]

The difference between the two methods is who creates that folder in tmp. Installing the zip lets the webserver create the folder and extract the zip into it. Installing from directory obviously has the folder created by the ftp user.

[Bettinz]

Hello,
i've double checked the owner of files via ftp, and are the same.
Infact, if I try to upload com_test.zip via extension installer the owner is for example "admin" (the owner of files on website).
Now, the extracted folder (called for example 12929aa in tmp) have the same owner. I've checked right now.
I use suexec and the server is the same of some months ago, so it's not a permission problem.
Do you know some problems with php 5.5? Or any Joomla 3.2 related bug?

In the next day I'll try an old version of php

[Bettinz]

With php 5.4 everything works

[rich1]

I have had the same problem trying to install extensions on php 5.5 with no problems on php 5.4.
Exactly as described with the zip uploads "Unable to write entry".
Upload through control panel to tmp and extract.
Installs through tmp no problem!

Tried on both J2.5.24 and J3.3