I have installed the slickgrid module with its dependencies (have tried the 7-1.4 as well as latest 7 - dev) and downloaded the library from github, put the files in libraries/slickgrid and the status report still says

The slickgrid library isn't available so this module will not work. Please download slickgrid Master from https://github.com/mleibman/SlickGrid/.

No matter what I do I seem to be unable to resolve this. I have downloaded previous versions of the github library, etc. I have replaced the library, reinstalled the module, etc.

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daniorama’s picture

daniorama commented

That happens with some versions of the slickgrid code, because some folders and files are missing. Just use this one: the 1.4.3-59 https://github.com/mleibman/SlickGrid/tree/0ed544b6aeab8e85e78f19c0702c6...

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Chris Gillis commented

Thanks daniorama. I downloaded that one, deleted all the files within the libraries/slickgrid folder and replaced them with the ones from this link. Then I uninstalled the slickgrid module and re-enabled it. Then I cleared all caches and ran cron. When I visit the status report page, I still see the same error message. I'm using Slickgrid 7.x-1.x-dev and Drupal 7.12

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daniorama commented

Mmm, that's strange... not sure why is that happening to you. I can assure it works and that all functions work with that version. I didn't need to uninstall the module or clear caches to try different versions of the library (I just have 4 of them with different folder names and leave as "libraries/slickgrid" the one that I want to use)

I use SlickGrid 7.x-1.4, maybe there is something wrong in the last dev. I don't know if you also encounter some other error messages, just check if you have controls and plugins folders inside "libraries/slickgrid". Further than that I cannot help you anymore because I don't know why is it happening, sry :(

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Chris Gillis commented

How do I know the library module is working? Does anyone have advice on queries to run or things to check for at each stage of the process to ensure that the slickgrid folder is even being recognised?? Where does the status report error get triggered? Is that in the library module or the slickgrid module?

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Tara1981 commented

I am having the same problem. I have the libraries api installed.
This is where my library is filed /public_html/sites/all/libraries/slickgrid
The folders in it are
css
images
includes
js
plugins
theme
This is where I downloaded it from on 03/05/2012
https://github.com/mleibman/SlickGrid/tarball/master
This is the name of the file I extracted
mleibman-SlickGrid-2.0.1-0-g505c908.tar.gz
I'm using Drupal 7.14
I'm using slickgrid 7.x-1.4
Thing is, I have had a lot of trouble getting libraries to be detected. I managed to get geoPHP to load, but I've had the same problem with The Jit libaries.
I am very new to drupal so let me know if you need any more info from me.

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Tara1981 commented

Ok, I'm replying to myself as I believe I have worked it out. I'm not sure if I misunderstood the instructions or if the files I downloaded were incorrect but if you follow these steps it should work I think:
I uninstalled and deleted everything related to slickgrid. I went to https://github.com/mleibman/SlickGrid and I clicked on the zip button (download this repository as a zip). I extracted this file (noticing it had different content from the one I downloaded before) transferred it to sites/all/libraries and renamed the directory to slickgrid. Then I went to my modules page and clicked install new module and used the link to the latest zip version (not the tar.gz version -not sure if that is important). When I went back to my modules page it was enabled. The status report error has gone. I haven't actually used it yet, but the status report is gone.
If anyone else is struggling with this, I hope it helps. I am not sure if it is just a difficulty in following the instructions or something that needs fixing, as a total novice I wouldn't presume to judge!

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Chris Gillis commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Okay. This is very embarrassing, but I'll post it here to help other dummies like myself. I was putting the library into sites/all/modules/libraries/slickgrid instead of sites/all/libraries/slickgrid. Of course libraries DO NOT go in the modules folder... that is the whole point! :P

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pratip.ghosh commented

Thanks daniorama, you are a life saver to give the older version of the library. Not sure why they do not update the module along with it. :(

Also, may I ask how to get the a older version from git tree?