Upgrading problem

[toulipa]

hi iam new here...i became today admin to a forum ...ti uses simple machines....i saw that the version of the forum is 1.1.7....i wanted to upgrade it to the last version...i go to announcements center...i try to update to latest version but 3 errors occured...
action:    smf_1-1-7_to_1-1-8_patch.mod description :modification parse error
action :smf_1-1-8_can_fail.xml description : the same as above...
action : -       description : the same again...

then i try to make a update to 1.1.8...i go to installed packages...and i see under the mod name the following : 1.     SMF 1.0.16 / 1.1.8 Update....
BUT as i say...the administration center writes me that i have 1.1.7 version....i thought that maybe the other admins have installed some parts of the 1.18 version so i get and the first three errors with last update installation....so i press the button unistall right on the 1.     SMF 1.0.16 / 1.1.8 Update....but it says me that there is no unistallers....
if you want to give you info about brances and other things just say me...

[N3RVE]

Create a directory under ./Packages on the server (./Packages/temp) and chmod both the Packages and temp directories to 0777 and attempt to install the patch again. You can do the above using an FTP Client.

• How do I use FTP? / What is FTP?
  
• How do I chmod? / what is chmod?
  
  -[n3rve]

[toulipa]

the directory ./packages is only on server or i can handle the command by my pc...iam admin but i am restricted to the all admin commands in the site of the forum....i think only the owner of the site has the server...:S:S:S ...

P.S: sorry for my bad english but iam new to the administration of these things

[N3RVE]

Well, you need Server access, at lease FTP. Get the administrator to come to us .

-[n3rve]