Package Manager Path Errors

[Jeff]

Existing s/w was SMF 1.1 RC2, Tiny Portal v0.8.6
Upgrade s/w intended - SMF 1.1 RC3, Tiny Portal V0.9.5

SMF upgrade went perfect. 

Now sitting at SMF 1.1 RC2

Time for Tiny Portal upgrade.  I went for the package manager and it basically just sat there and did nothing.  20 minutes, no response...  Tried again, same deal.

chmod -R 777 .  - no dice, same deal (20 mins no response from package manager)

FRESH install of SMF RC3
chmod -R 777 .
Install TP through package manager, SAME THING - No response.

I finally found that the package manager was not using:
/websites/www.cbr1000rr.net/html/forum/Packages/temp

but instead, it was placing files in my ROOT directory:
/websites/Packages/temp (sub dirs of Sources, Themes, tinymce)

The install through the package manager is just simply not working for me.  What an incredible frustration now that I've been here 3 hours and still don't have an upgraded forum.

What should have taken 30-60 minutes tops will probably cost me the rest of the day, and that really sucks.

If anyone has any suggestions on this, please respond, PM or email me.  I have another TP site to upgrade, and frankly I have no desire to move forward with it which REALLY sucks because that is my biggest site.

[Lesmond]

I believe that Mrs G6 has posted a manual install file instructions in this board try that 

[Jeff]

I believe that Mrs G6 has posted a manual install file instructions in this board try that 

I'll have no choice but to eventually go there, but that is a HUGE pain because for whatever reason, the last time I did manual installs, half of the "search for this" items were not even present!

Now I'm battling an ownership issue in trying to simply delete old themes.  I'd pull my hair out, but I don't have any to begin with...

I'm installing themes that don't show up, performing upgrades that don't work, doing installations that complete 1/2 way.. ARGH!!!!!

[Nokonium]

I'll have no choice but to eventually go there, but that is a HUGE pain because for whatever reason, the last time I did manual installs, half of the "search for this" items were not even present!

Now I'm battling an ownership issue in trying to simply delete old themes.  I'd pull my hair out, but I don't have any to begin with...

I'm installing themes that don't show up, performing upgrades that don't work, doing installations that complete 1/2 way.. ARGH!!!!!

I think that most of you problems are because of your server. If you have upgraded to SMF 1.1 RC3 you have a clean palette to install on and on most servers there are no problems doing it this way. Most mod install failures are caused by mods changing the code that the installer looks for. With a clean SMF you should not have any software problems.

To get ownership of your theme files FTP upload from a files backup and overwrite them.

[Jeff]

That's why I went with a clean install to test with, but the package manager was still going to the root dir vice where it should have been going, and I don't understand why it would do that...

[Nokonium]

I've just reread your post and if I use http://www.cbr1000rr.net/forum/ it tells me that the RC3 and TP 0.95 forum is in maintenance mode.

Have you got your SMF directory entered correctly in the server settings?

Your Forum URL is http://www.cbr1000rr.net/forum/
but your  SMF directory looks wrong - /websites/www.cbr1000rr.net/html/forum

My SMF directory does not have a URL in it,

see below  (#= a number)

/homepages/#/###########/htdocs/cat-and-fiddler

[Jeff]

The paths are right on the server settings.  The host setup puts www.website.com in your directory path. 

My guess on why you saw that it was a RC3 TP 0.95 site is because I was about 90% completed with the manual upgrade (which actually went fine, just too darned time consuming) when you posted your reply..

In any event, I now have it upgraded (5 hours later).  I'm not looking forward to doing my other site...

[G6Cad]

I have posted the files to with all the code added for the manual install package.
They are in a sticy post in the installations board, Just download the correct version and replace them with the old ones, and all TP code are there and good to go

NOTE!! Every other mods will be lost if they uses the same files, The files i posted are from a clean install of both versions of SMF (1.1rc3 and 1.0.8 )

[Jeff]

Ms G. I already did that, and ended up doing the manual edit of 6 or so files.  I'm up and running now.

[G6Cad]

Great, then we put this thread to the Solved ones