By traceelements on

I am unable to install modules to Drupal 7-rc3 via the the install feature. I get this message: "Unable to create directory 'temporary://update-extraction/module-name-here'" Any ideas on what's causing this?

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traceelements commented

I changed the file path in Configuration > File System > Temporary Directory to home/MYUSERNAME/tmp and now the it works.

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vallab444 commented

Thanks, traceelements !

However, the module installation ended on an error page that said ' authorise filesystem changes'. When I went one page up, it showed that the module was installed successfully.

not sure if this happens the first time after the filesystem change..

cheers
-vallab

-Vallab

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bruba commented

For hoster strato the simple addition of a tmp directory on the top level, where includes, misc, modules etc resides was sufficient.

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betoguitars commented

I already made the tmp folder where you say but still I still get

Warning: curl_setopt_array(): Unable to create temporary file. in GuzzleHttp\Handler\CurlFactory->create() (line 59 of C:\Laragon\www\drupal-site\vendor\guzzlehttp\guzzle\src\Handler\CurlFactory.php).

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DanteMM commented

SiteGround is my host and I used Fantastico to install Drupal. I ran into this issue and this reply solved my problem.

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allisonc commented

This worked for me. I'm using Dreamhost, so my path was /home/<username>/tmp/

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overnxt commented

You need to know where TMP folder is or create it.

On Drupal 7 it is configure to /tmp, if you are using an web hosting service (like me, 1and1) you need to configure it to you local folder and change the path.(example for 1and1: /homepages/32/YOUR1AND1ACCOUT/htdocs/ANDHEREISYOURROOTFOLDER)

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traceelements commented

Okay, thanks, overnxt, that worked!

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fnikola commented

One needs to change the default tmp directory if using a shared hosting plan. I have altered for Blue Host.

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NickWebman commented

You can find what your HOME path is by looking at cpanel in the left hand column near the bottom (not sure where it is in Plesk).

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TimelessDomain commented

Fix is right here #1008328: Uniqueify update-cache and update-extraction directories to prevent "Permission denied" errors

freedom isn't free

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pardalman commented

I got the error when changing the user in Dreamhost for the domain.

I changed it to "./tmp" instead of "/tmp" and it worked for:
Drupal 7
Dreamhost

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ericardez commented

worked for me too (greengeeks hosting)

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crispin commented

Worked for me too

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dularion commented

worked for me, too, thanks :)

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kcegalis commented

Works on BlueHost as well.

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julia woodman commented

Hi I am a complete novice and am struggling to understand what I need to do- I am trying to load the wysiwyg module in Drupal 7 and have received this message:

Cannot extract temporary://update-cache-d091481e/wysiwyg, not a valid archive.

But I do no know where to go to amend this

I look forward to your assistance with this - thanks

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scott.browne commented

Same worked, with GreenGeeks too.