JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find Joomla XML setup file ??

[berkshire_UK_]

Hi,
I'm a first time user and new install. I'm trying to upload and install JS Jobs through extension manager to begin learning how to upload and configure.
Downloaded JS Jobs as a zip file and have this both unpacked and as zip file. Using Extension manager to upload Package File; browsed to unpacked folder but could not select the whole folder so I ve tried an upload of the winzip package. After upload there is an error message:
JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find Joomla XML setup file
Is this something that is missing from my install or is it an error message triggered by uploading a zip file?

Would appreciate any advice.
Thanks for any help.

[eduardoescdel]

Open jsjobs.zip, after this you'll see another jsjobs (folder), drag it to your desktop. You now have a jsjobs folder in your desktop, if you open it you'll see several files, select them all (Ctrl + A), right click and zip them back again. This new zipped file (located inside jsjobs folder) is ready to be upladed and installed from within your Joomla!'s backend.

[sovainfo]

Looks like my reply disappeared!.

The extension installer has three options. The first one is for installing the downloaded zip. Browse to the zip and install it.
The second option needs you to extract the zip to a folder and move that to your webspace tmp folder. Change the path by adding the foldername and press install.

When the downloaded zip is a package of multiple extensions you need to read the instructions that came with it.

[berkshire_UK_]

Hi,
thanks for advice. Am just trying it now - having first deleted 5 install folders for JS which had been created in the tmp folder.

I tried 3 or 4 times sending it up as a zip file without any luck - so just copied js jobs to new js jobs folder in tmp and will try installing from there.

Have now just tried but I need some help with the path to the directory - the standard directory under the domain name is 'htdocs' - have tried with routing which the upload preloaded - but did not work so I tried again entering www. domain name/htdocs/tmp/jsjobs. Didn't get anywhere - just thought because I am already connected through admin to the site that it should be a variation on the original path - which I can't get back. Feeling pretty stupid about that now !

Have just tried htdocs/tmp/jsjobs/ and again error 'Please Enter a package directory'.

As you can see I'm very new / green at doing this ......

There is a file in the jsjobs folder - install.jsjobs.php (486kb) which I assumed does the installation - adding that file to the pathway above - brings up the same error message.

Checking the jsjobs folder (filezilla) all the contents are the same as the unzipped version .

I've now reached a bit of a dead end - well total dead end actually short of deleting everything on the server and starting again from scratch with Joomla installation - so any more help would be greatly appreciated .
thanks

[sovainfo]

Extracting the downloaded zip into a folder should give a xml file. When that is not the case there is no point continueing.

Also, in Global configuration you can specify the location of the tmp folder (tab server). It should give you the absolute path to the tmp. If not, advice you to put './tmp' in there. Extension installer should provide the correct folder and you would only append jsjobs to it. Otherwise you will need to find out the absolute path to your webspace.

[berkshire_UK_]

Thanks
There is an xml file in the folder, com_jsjobs.xml . Although my knowedge of XML is minimal it contains
<description>A Job Board Component.</description>>
<installfile>install.jsjobs.php</installfile>
<uninstallfile>uninstall.jsjobs.php</uninstallfile>
<files>
<filename>controller.php</filename>
<filename>jsjobs.php</filename>
<filename>router.php</filename>

<folder>controllers</folder>
<folder>models</folder>
<folder>css</folder>
<folder>images</folder>
<folder>themes</folder>
<folder>js</folder>
<folder>views</folder>

</files>

Have checked the absolute path again as you suggested - amd tried path/tmp/jsjobs/ - that produces an error message again saying can't find joomla XML setup file although I assume this is the com_jsjobs.xml.

Is the pathway to the tmp folder set dynamically on installation and thus correct or is it preconfigured and includes the htdocs folder in the pathway because that is the folder uploaded to?

Again thanks for your help.

[sovainfo]

This doesn't look like a proper xml file. You could verify by dropping it into a browser.
Don't know whether you left something out, but the first line should be xml and the second about <extension>.

You might have a look at the core xml files for components, modules or plugins.