Status Report has a notification to install SimplePie library when SimplePie module isn't even installed

having the same issue. no idea why feeds is suddenly requirering simplepie.

in addition, it's totally unclear how to install simplepie.

• installing simplepie module - no effect
• downloading compiled simplepie library and adding it to the site/all/libraries directory - no effect
• downloading compiled simplepie library and adding it to the site/all/modules/feeds/libraries directory - no effect

any ideas?

see also #1803140: Simple Pie library Not installed.

#1:
This has nothing to do with the legacy SimplePie module. Feeds doesn't need it to leverage SimplePie.

#2:
feeds_library_exists() wil be looking for SimplePie in both 'sites/all/libraries' (if libraries module is installed) and 'site/all/modules/feeds/libraries'. If you use libraries module anyway, then 'sites/all/libraries' is the recommended place.

Either way:
Just create a subfolder 'simplepie' and download the compiled, single-file version into it.
Now unfortunately you need to rename the file to 'simplepie.compiled.php' because that is what Apps is looking for.
Works.

Until here, this is a support request.

We should work on some followups, though:

• Possibly download and install SimplePie rightaway with Feeds
• Make sure, valid Simple Pie libraries are correctly detected even if another naming scheme has been adopted for latest versions.
• And as a first step: improve documentation, see #1987072: Improve checking requirements

It's not required at all unless you're using the simplepie parser.

I agree that it is a strange notification to have when not using the simplepie module. Is there a reason why this appears now? It has never appeared before (that I remember)

Can "Feeds SimplePie Parser" be made into a submodule and the status-page warning be shown only when the submodule is enabled?

It's confusing to have a warning in the status-page for a feature that is not being used.
If more modules start adding their own warning messages for unused features, the system status-page will become impossible to use.

Thank you for a great module!

Sorry to clutter this queue, but until a more sensible approach is applied to Feeds, and for those (like me) that find it hard to put all the pieces together, here you go:

1. The "compiled version" of simplepie is available under a little link below the main download link:
SimplePie download site: http://simplepie.org/downloads
Direct link to compiled version (at the time of writing): http://simplepie.org/downloads/simplepie_1.3.1.compiled.php

2. Upload this to your sites/all/libraries folder (assuming you have the libraries module running, which is always a good idea)

3. Create a new folder in /libraries/ root called simplepie, and shift the uploaded file into place.

4. Rename the uploaded file to simplepie.compiled.php, so now you should have: /sites/all/libraries/simplepie/simplepie.compiled.php

5. Clear caches, and you should be good to go.

Thank you for the instructions, boabjohn.
They work great!

It seems to work just as well if the file is directly uploaded to the sites/all/libraries/simplepie folder though.
Is there any specific reason to first upload it to sites/all/libraries and then move it?

Would still be a good idea if the module maintainers could make "Feeds SimplePie Parser" an optional submodule.

Thanks all!

Is there any specific reason to first upload it to sites/all/libraries and then move it?

Not at all...after I hit the [publish] button the same thought occurred to me. It's just that I had first tried to just run the file direclty...only later to *RTFM* again and realise I needed to create a directory too. So the indirect upload thing was just an artefact of my own exploratory process.

I'm sure these guys will track down a solution in good time: it always amazes me how much generosity they show in the first place. We all have a big debt of appreciation to "the community" who keep this Drupal afloat.

Absolutely, boabjohn.
A big Thanks to the Drupal community and the Module maintainers!

Okay, so basically what you guys are saying is that the simplepie portion of the libraries in the makefile should look like this?:

; SimplePie RSS parser
libraries[simplepie][directory_name] = simplepie
libraries[simplepie][download][type] = get
libraries[simplepie][download][url] = http://simplepie.org/downloads/simplepie_1.3.1.compiled.php
libraries[simplepie][copy_file][] = simplepie.compiled.php
libraries[simplepie][overwrite] = TRUE

Hmmm...you got me. That seems a bit outside the issue thread which is essentially about why simplepie is showing as a dependency even when it is not being used.
Your makefile above seems to simply force simplepie into the libraries module come what may...I wouldn't mind, but some people would.
Or maybe I've got the wrong idea.
Anyway...installing simplepie does silence the error.

This is not a support request, instead a bug report, since it gives a notice about a library which is neither installed nor needed. So a workaround like to download an unnecessary library to get rid of the notice is not a solution.

Suppose the solution then, would be to move the simplepie parser, along with it's libraries api dependency to a new submodule; either bundled with feeds or on it's own.

A newer, nicer link to the compiled include file is: http://dev.simplepie.org/SimplePie.compiled.php
This link is mentioned on the Github page for the project.

I noticed the status message went away when I added the file to sites/all/libraries/simpliepie; file needs to be renamed to 'simplepie.inc', but other modules are looking for 'simplepie.compiled.php'... fun.

I agree that this is a bug - I can use the Feeds module without adding SimplePie to my system, so it can't be a requirement. And I like my status reports green :-)

Bug instead of moving code to a submodule, perhaps another way to solve this could be to add a check to feeds_library_exists() that detects whether any SimplePie parsers even exist? That way, the requirement would only be triggered (probably as REQUIREMENT_ERROR now) if the library is actually supposed to be there.

Another approach would be to simply remove it from hook_requirements() altogether and instead present a drupal_set_message() on the Feeds admin page if SimplePie is missing and you are about to create SimplePie feed.

solution #9 did not clear the the status board.

This did not work for me
/var/www/html/drupal/sites/all/modules/libraries/simplepie
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 446731 Oct 30 2012 simplepie.compiled.php
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 446731 Oct 30 2012 simplepie.inc

hold on-let me play with permissions for a sec

A) README.txt in feeds cleared board

B) creating the .inc file
mv simplepie_1.3.1.compiled.php simplepie.inc
and a clearing of cache
http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal-7/configure-caching/cl...

/var/www/html/drupal/sites/all/modules/feeds/libraries

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 446731 Oct 30 2012 simplepie.compiled.php
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 446731 Oct 30 2012 simplepie.inc

showed the new parser options

I followed the instruction in #9, mostly. I do not put such things in sites/all; I put it in sites/example.com/libraries. I still get the message.

Hey @NancyDru: I have not read the module'ss code, but look at #2 up there...the module is probably hardwired to find the library in exactly one spot, named exactly one way.
So: if you can get to your web server with a shell or if your FTP client allows you to, one idea is to create a virtual link between the path that is required and your actual location.
If you're normally running multisite installs (I assume that's why you put the /example.com/ in your modules path?) then wouldn't you still benefit from having a single common insstall directory for your modules?
Cheers,
JB

Thanks, Josh. I briefly looked at the code and there were several possible locations. I did not track them all down.

I develop on a Windoze PC, so symlinks are not an option. I do not put Feeds on many of my sites and it is only on this site so someone else can import node data.

No, I do not like the single modules directory because I am often on the bleeding edge (especially when mucking with Fields) and don't want things affecting more than one site. I've just really gotten to prefer site-specific directories and usually use them even for single domain sites.

solution #9 did not clear the the status board. I had to leave the subfolder simplepie away and put the renamed file directly in the libraries folder, for me: 'sites/all/modules/feeds/libraries'

How about this?

We only make the note about SimplePie REQUIREMENT_INFO, rather than REQUIREMENT_WARNING. But, if you have a simplepie parser enabled, it becomes an error.

I'm tempted to remove the notice all together, and only show the error, but then there's a problem with discovery, because the plugin will be hidden until the library exists. This could be solved with documentation.

Who has an opinion?

My opinion is to remove it.

#21 was my solution.

/sites/all/modules/feeds/libraries/simplepei.compiled.php

given the fact that simplepie has ceased development, I'd suggest to remove its support altogether.
Haven't tested the patch, just stumbled on this issue as I was getting the same warning.

#26 is a nice approach.
I'd say the most reliable option is to move the library to /sites/all/libraries/simplepie/simplepie.compiled.php and updating module documentation or requirements info accordingly.

My opinion is that the Status report must represent the real status of the installation.

It is a need if you use an external monitoring. If the external monitoring finds a warning, it will display it and flood your monitoring system with irrelevant datas.

So, the warning has not to be displayed if SimplePie is not used.

Thank you so much for this patch :) The simple-pie nag message on my site has been bothering me for some time, and needlessly. After applying the patch this problem is solved :)

I was getting the same status report notification to install SimplePie library when SimplePie module isn't even installed.
I had just installed the module recently (14JAN2015).

I reviewed this page and the workarounds for it and I agree with many who say that we shouldn't have to do workarounds nor install SimplePie.

So today, I disabled and uninstalled everything "FEEDS" (Feeds_tamper, Feeds_xpathparser, etc.) ... and then I re-installed them all. For whatever reason, the status notification is no longer showing up.

One additional "new thing" I did today was update my PHP from 5.5 to 5.6.4 --- would that have anything to do with it?

Anyhoo... I didn't have to use the patch nor install SimplePie ... hope that helps anyone else getting this notification.

I've solved the SimplePie issue in Statur Report in two steps:

1) upload simplepie llibrari in site/all/libraries/simplepie

2) disable SimplePie core module (that apparently is useless)

#9 still works great

#9 work for me.