Author Topic: joomla 1.5.6 + civicrm 2.1 beta (Read 2356 times)

pqh · September 02, 2008, 11:02:09 am

I've been trying to install civicrm for some time now with no success. I tried installing the older version and was unsuccessful so I have been waiting for this version to come out since it is supposed to work with joomla 1.5+

The directions don't seem to be quite consistent with the menu system of joomla 1.5
The only way I can see to try to install anything is to use the
Extensions-> Install/Uninstall
I have tried the 'upload package' but I get the following errors:

'Error! Could not find an XML setup file in the package
Warning zip_read() expects paramter 1 to be a resource, integer given in /home/.../libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive/zip.php on line 235 (and again for zip_close() .. line 251)
Unable to find install package.

I have tried 'install from directory' but I can't ever seem to point it at anything that makes it happy.
I've uploaded the unzipped com_civicrm folder to joomla directory .../administrator/components/com_installer
I've tried to install from:
.../com_civicrm
.../com_civicrm/admin
.../com_civicrm/admin/civicrm
.../com_civicrm/admin/civicrm/joomla

I've looked at the other forum posts where people have moved things around manually but they seem to apply to a previous version and do not match the directory structure in the current versions of joomla and civicrm.

I'm using Bluehost which was one of the recommended hosts...

I'm at a loss as to what to do to install this package...
Can anybody help?

Deepak Srivastava · September 03, 2008, 12:42:42 am

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The only way I can see to try to install anything is to use the
Extensions-> Install/Uninstall

Thanks, Made the correction.

There are some posts on "alternate routes of installation" you might want to experiment -
http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,4357.0.html
http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,4265.0.html
http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,4437.0.html

pqh · September 03, 2008, 05:43:48 am

OK, I finally got it to work.
The package installer uploads the zip file to the joomla_install_dir/tmp directory but can't unzip it for some reason.
By going to the server and unzipping this file into this location and then giving joomla the path
joomla_install_dir/tmp/com_civicrm for 'install from directory' I was able to get it installed.

(No other locations or copying unzipped files from local computer worked for me)

PapaLion · September 06, 2008, 11:19:43 am

I must be living right, I did the upload yesterday into J1.5.6, civiccrm-2.1-beta3 and it installed aok. I did try from directory first but could never get my FTP to handle the huge unzipped files. So, I chose ~upload package file~ took several minutes but finally successfully completed. Now, if I had any clue how to proceed all would be keen. It would be nice to see a simple intro HOW to get things moving? ... a simple ~do it this way Hello world tester~ just to get the feel of it would be keen, sheesh, Would like some feedback on beginer how tos etc.. good luck, glad it finally worked 4U.

Dave Greenberg · September 08, 2008, 03:31:53 pm

Have you checked out the screencasts, and the tutorial on Exploring Sample Data that are linked from the "Getting Started" section of the doc?

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/5.+Getting+Started

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