"The directory cache/simplepie does not exist" & "simplepie.inc file missing"

I am getting an error when using SimplePie with the BlogRoll module. Here is the error:

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './sites/all/modules/simplepie/lib/simplepie.inc' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/jcapune/public_html/sites/all/modules/simplepie/simplepie.module on line 74

What specifically do I need to do to fix this? Thanks in advance for your help.

@jcapune
Download SimplePie from http://simplepie.org/downloads/ and put simplepie.inc to 'sites/all/modules/simplepie/lib/' directory.

OK, I did that. But when I extract the file there isn't a file called "simplepie.inc". I'm confused.

Okay, it took a little work and searching on your site. The file your said to download didn't contain the "simplepie.inc" file but I found this file "simplepie_1.1.2" which did contain it. Thanks for helping me!

@jcapune
This issue is not related to your case. Please do not change it's status.

I had the same exact problem and simply downloaded simplepie.inc.

I installed it in modules/simplepie/lib/

and now get this error message:

user warning: sites/default/files/cache/simplepie/6a9368dc57fd3ae3ce2bd8007a9108c2.spc is not writeable in /home/xxxx/public_html/modules/simplepie/lib/simplepie.inc on line 1773.

Anyone have any ideas? I'd love to get this working. I'm using Drupal 6.8 and 6x-1.x-dev Simplepie Core module.

@Superheidi

Have you created the cache file directory 'cache/simplepie' in your files directory i.e 'sites/default/files/cache/simplepie'

If you have, check the permissions -755 works for me...

yes, I created that, and I just checked the permissions. They were already 755. Mysteriously, however, the error message has gone away on its own. Not sure what I did to fix that, but I am glad it is gone. If I can pinpoint my actions that may have helped, I will be sure to post them in here.

Thanks c4clicks for the advice.

It appears that the directory created is called simplepie_cache. Even if I change the settings in the config, it gives me the message that this directory does not exist. I even have the files directory set at 777 ... still no dice.

Having looked at this a little deeper it looks like there is a bug somewhere.

If you create a 'cache/simplepie' directory in both your root AND relative to your files directory it seems to work round the problem...

I have the same problem as bwoods in #12. Changing the settings on /admin/settings/simplepie doesn't seem to help whether the file exists or not.

I tried:

* "simplepie_cache" which exists in my files directory and is owned by the apache user and is writeable by the apache user.
* "sites/example.com/files/simplepie_cache" and the page no longer warns me that the directory doesn't exist, but it does show the form box in red.

I get the same error about the cache/simplepie folder, even though the folders do indeed exist within the files folder.

I found that it is actually looking for it in the Drupal root directory, not in the files directory. So either the documentation that is on the SimplePie page needs to be fixed or the module need to be fixed to look inside the files directory.

There are currently 5+ different issues floating about in this one. Please open separate issues for each issue - if you're one person, still open one issue/bug/support request per issue/bug/support request you have. I just can't make heads or tails from this one.

Thanks. worked perfectly