I tried to uninstall Text-resize 6.14 but it refuses to disappear from my module list. Soon after, I reinstalled it and tried to upgrade to 6.15. Now it will neither uninstall or recognize the upgrade. Help?

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attheshow’s picture

Assigned: Unassigned » attheshow
Category: bug » support

When you say you're uninstalling it, I assume you're going through the normal process right?

  1. Go to admin/build/modules and uncheck the module
  2. Go to admin/build/modules/uninstall and tell drupal to uninstall the module
  3. Remove the module directory from the server
g.s’s picture

Of course.

attheshow’s picture

Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

Dear g.s,

So I'm not sure why your site wouldn't let you uninstall a module. I just tried installing, configuring, and then uninstalling 1.4 and didn't come across any issues.

I just If I had this issue where a module just wouldn't uninstall for some unknown reason, I'd probably go into the database "system" table and delete the row for this module. Then I'd delete the module directory from the server and start over.

g.s’s picture

Pardon my ignorance, I haven't done anything that complicated before, I don't suppose you could explain the process?

attheshow’s picture

Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Fixed

Well, if you installed the module yourself (put the text_resize directory on the server), you should just be able to reverse that. Delete that folder so that it's removed from the server.

As far as removing the row from the system table, you need some sort of application that allows you to browse the Drupal database such as phpMyAdmin (a php-based web application that allows you to browse your database and interact with it). I've just started using a Mac desktop application called Sequel Pro (http://www.sequelpro.com/). Those are just a couple of examples. Then, once you're looking at the database contents, look at the system table and search for the individual row that has name = 'text_resize'. If you delete that row from the system table, you will effectively be uninstalling the module.

g.s’s picture

Turns out a second Text Resize folder was hiding in another module's directory. So I removed it and problem solved. Thank you so much for your help.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.