Mods Will Not Install

[Jeremy M.]

WOW!  i changed the temp folder chmodd from 755 to 777 and it WORKED!  Why in the heck was it changed to begin with?

[Colin]

Very strange, I have no idea. I am glad you got it sorted out though.

[Jeremy M.]

Very strange, I have no idea. I am glad you got it sorted out though.

Yeah me too. I guess if it starts in again, i'll know where to go and check.  I sure did not want to delete my entire forum and start over. I almost would have rather forgot about the Package Manager all together. . . . . THANKS everyone for all of your help. It was greatly appreciated.

[mashby]

[Sir Osis of Liver]

That is way wierd. 

Think you owe Mashby a beer.

[mashby]

Nah, I've had enough already.

[Jeremy M.]

I spoke too soon. . It's back to "not working" again.

[mashby]

Luckily, I'm not out of beer. Can you let us know this series?
1. You chmodded something to 777 and declared success. What was successful about that?
2. The world celebrated. I have a garage fridge.
3. It's back to "not working" again. I think I understand the "not working" part, but what is the "it" part? Did you try to install another mod?

[Jeremy M.]

Luckily, I'm not out of beer. Can you let us know this series?
1. You chmodded something to 777 and declared success. What was successful about that?
2. The world celebrated. I have a garage fridge.
3. It's back to "not working" again. I think I understand the "not working" part, but what is the "it" part? Did you try to install another mod?

i chmodded the "Packages/temp folder to 777". I was able to install the Shoutbox mod successfully. It's installed and working on my forum. I wanted to uninstall it to see if it would uninstall ok, but it won't. Now, none of it won't work again.

[Colin]

Look inside of your temp folder. Any files in there?

[Jeremy M.]

Look inside of your temp folder. Any files in there?

Yep. . . quite a few. . List is below


ActivityBar
ActivityBar.php
ActivityBar.xml
install.php
Languages.xml
LanguagesUTF8.xml
License
package-info.xml
readme.txt
remove.php

[Colin]

Yep, they are getting stuck in there. Delete all of those files.

[Jeremy M.]

I went to Package Manager>File Permissions and selected "Standard - key files writable", and submitted it. It fixed whatever was wrong with it. I installed a mod, and uninstalled a mod, and it worked. .. . I logged back in via FTP, and went to check the "temp" folder, and it's not even there anymore. . . . . I hope what i just did didn't screw up anything.

[Colin]

Alright! Let's hope that sticks.

[Jeremy M.]

Alright! Let's how that sticks.

Do you think what i did is ok? I mean, i have heard not mess with the permissions unless needed. Everything seems to still be working ok. I'll be back if it screws up again

[Colin]

Mate, if it works it works . If it screws something up put it back, but it can't hurt anything.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

IIRC, the temp folder is deleted by the package manager when an install/uninstall is completed.  It's only a problem if it's still there when you're done.