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checked the three themes that could be upgraded and clicked upgrade.

Error:

The specified file temporary://file0w8vOZ could not be copied, because the destination directory is not properly configured. This may be caused by a problem with file or directory permissions. More information is available in the system log.
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/corolla-7.x-1.21.tar.gz could not be saved to temporary://update-cache/corolla-7.x-1.21.tar.gz.
The specified file temporary://fileyLaTAX could not be copied, because the destination directory is not properly configured. This may be caused by a problem with file or directory permissions. More information is available in the system log.
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/titan-7.x-1.3.tar.gz could not be saved to temporary://update-cache/titan-7.x-1.3.tar.gz.
The specified file temporary://filelkOvZV could not be copied, because the destination directory is not properly configured. This may be caused by a problem with file or directory permissions. More information is available in the system log.
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/typebased-7.x-1.8.tar.gz could not be saved to temporary://update-cache/typebased-7.x-1.8.tar.gz.
Downloading updates failed:
Failed to download corolla from http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/corolla-7.x-1.21.tar.gz
Failed to download titan from http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/titan-7.x-1.3.tar.gz
Failed to download typebased from http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/typebased-7.x-1.8.tar.gz

Is this a permissions issue or something?

Comments

vIQleS’s picture

vIQleS commented

Oh - I was in IE7 if that matters

berdir’s picture

berdir
Primary language German
Location Switzerland
commented

What is listed in the system log?

What is your temporary directory?

christopher james francis rodgers’s picture

christopher james francis rodgers commented
Title: Upgrading themes » D7 "Install From A URL" Error.

The solution for me was simply..
.
Go to 'Configuration' > 'Media' > 'File System'
(/admin/config/media/file-system)
and change the 'Temporary directory' from
/tmp to tmp
.
For additional details on what my BlueHost situation had been see..
http://drupal.org/node/1091580#comment-4231440

christopher james francis rodgers’s picture

christopher james francis rodgers commented
Status: Closed (works as designed) » Active

The solution for me was simply..
.
Go to 'Configuration' > 'Media' > 'File System'
(/admin/config/media/file-system)
and change the 'Temporary directory' from
/tmp to tmp
.

===========

2011.03.26 - I updated this post to refine the work-around solution.

See http://drupal.org/node/1106492 for all the details.

hansrossel’s picture

hansrossel commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Correcting issue status, see #2125263: Issue status not taken from last comment during D7 migration.