Having problems with the package manager?

[Sarge]

In the CPanel, it appeared to be installed, but when I looked on the board for it, there was no trace of the mod. (no change)

No changes in the default theme (SMF Default Theme - Core)? Most mods install only on the default theme.

[kpel]

Using default theme, no changes

[IchBin™]

I asked you before if it gave you errors. You stated that it told you not to proceed unless you new what you were doing. When it does the test install is it giving any errors before you click proceed?

Try this:
1. Upload mod (again if necessary).
2. Open your ftp app and create a temp directory in your packages directory. Chmod the folder to 777.
3. Click on the install button to start the test install for your mod. If everything passes the test install with no failures or errors proceed, and see if the installation works. If not, post your error that it gives you.

[kpel]

All installed again. Here are the errors:
Error in Package Installation

At least one error was encountered during a test installation of this package. It is strongly recommended that you do not continue with installation unless you know what you are doing, and have made a backup very recently. This error may be caused by a conflict between the package you're trying to install and another package you have already installed, an error in the package, a package which requires another package that you don't have installed yet, or a package designed for another version of SMF.

Installations actions for "Custom Profile Field Mod":
Installing this package will perform the following actions:  Type Action Description
1. Execute Modification modification.xml Modification parse error
2. Execute Modification - Modification parse error
3. Extract File ./Sources/CustomProfile.php 
4. Extract File ./Themes/default/languages/CustomProfile.english.php

(have gotten it on any mod I've tried)

Click the instal now button and get a pop up: Are you sure you want to install, even tho it will not install properly.

Next screen: login again (probably because it took me 10 weeks to figure out what path the pkg manager needed for the install)

next screen: Extracting Package
The package was installed successfully. You should now be able to use whatever functionality it adds or changes; or not be able to use functionality it removes. 

It shows in the manager as installed AND This time I SEE IT ON THE BOARD!

Ok, I can handle making a temp folder to get mods to work... its nice to end the night on a sucessful note (for a change). 

Thank you soooooooooooooooo much. I really really like this board.

[Sarge]

Is your forum running SMF 1.1.3? This version fixes some issues with mod installation under PHP 5.2.x.

[kpel]

I am using 1.1.3

I just installed another mod using the temp. folder/chmod 777 and it went great. You guys have no idea what a happy camper I am tonight!

I'm ok and very grateful with it this way. If there's something else I should do, let me know. (or if you need more info etc.)

God bless you!! 

[Sarge]

You can install the No Temp Directory Removal mod so that you won't have to recreate and chmod the temp directory before every mod installation.

You can also apply this fix for the default mod server entry:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=165016.msg1053700#msg1053700

If you have any other issue, let us know.

[Garm]

Using 1.1.3. Fresh install with theme: DilberMC

I had problems with the package manager which were solved by making a temp-dir (chmod 777) and installing No Temp Directory Removal. I also corrected the path to my packages.

Fine, no problems anymore. All packages install just as they should.
Now I have a new interesting problem. I can't uninstall the installed packages.
I can install them over and over with the result that i get multiple copies of the same mod but I can't uninstall any of them through the package manager. Before I created the temp-dir and installed the NTDR-mod I could install (without really installing anything) and uninstall (the not-installed mods) but now I can not. If I want to remove a installed mod i have to rewrite the php-files manually and remove anything that has been added but this is a very annoying way to uninstall mods, especially as I am not very good at php.

What can I do about this? How can I get the 'uninstall'-feature back in the package manager?

(I do not use the English languagefiles)

[IchBin™]

The uninstall feature disappears if you have updated your forum and the mod isn't compatible with the new SMF version. You'll need to upload the old mod with an updated one in your package directory.

[Phorm]

Having problems? I'll say. After spending several hours staring at this page, comparing it to what I saw on my screen, reading the other doc pages on the package manager, searching the forums here, I finally thought that maybe I should just upload the mod files to the Packages directory. Voila! There it is under "Modification Packages"! I click Apply Mod, and...(drum roll, please!) ... "Unable to load the 'ftp_required' template." Great.

"Well," I think to myself, "maybe it installed after all, and there's just some file or something missing. I'll see if I can configure it." Click on "Edit Features and Options", and ... "Unable to load the 'show_settings' template"! Yay! Now my whole admin section is FUBAR'd! Any suggestions?

The mod I was hoping to install is this one. I'm running 1.1.3, which I just upgraded to today from 1.0; PHP 4.3.10, safe mode off.

I must say, what I've seen of the online documentation is appallingly bad.

[IchBin™]

Sorry to hear about all your troubles. Often in an upgrade files don't get replaced or uploaded properly which can cause the load errors you are having. If you haven't install any other mods I would suggest you upload a fresh set of SMF files.

If you search for the error you are getting you'll find the answers are often already posted on the forums many times such as this:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=63806.msg441019#msg441019

While you are at it, I would highly suggest you get your host to upgrade PHP as that version was released on 14-Dec-2004. Many bug/security fixes have been implemented since then.

[Phorm]

Thanks for the reply, and sorry for the drama. It turned out to be a theme problem. When I first installed SMF, I made some tweaks to the default theme, and was using that, and of course it was missing files and the files that were there were missing elements. Perhaps themes could be versioned, and if the theme being used belongs with an old version, throw a big alert.

So, PEBKAC, for the most part, but the doc page on manually installing a mod really is pretty bad!

[青山 素子]

Perhaps themes could be versioned, and if the theme being used belongs with an old version, throw a big alert.

You can check versions, it is just a bit hidden. In the admin area, use the "more detailed" link under the version info and you can see if the current theme is old.

[+Synyster]

i am tring to install SMF Affiliates mod by ToRNiYO but it keeps asking for my FTP login but when i enter it it wont let me proceed i was told to come here from smfhelper.info [nofollow] but i have no idea whats going on please help

[metallica48423]

what is the path to SMF you're entering in the path field?

[+Synyster]

/Forums

[metallica48423]

if you login to FTP using an ftp client, look at which folders you have to enter in order to get to the main SMF folder.

in cpanel systems, you'd have to go into public_html then forums.  so on THAT system it'd be public_html/forums

[+Synyster]

it still wont let me proceed even though i use a cpsystem

[+Synyster]

i tried /htdocs/Forums which is the cp systems folder before forums and ive also tried /tom177sqdn.hostmysiteforfree.com/htdocs/Forums but neither work

[metallica48423]

like i said, go into your ftp program and note the path from where you start out to your SMF board.  Not all systems are the same.

who is your host?