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Hi,

 

I use Lamp stack to set up a Joomla site.

Whenever I wan to install extions, I get error messages like this:

JFolder::create: Could not create folder.Path: /var/www/plugins/installer

JFolder::create: Could not create folder.Path: /var/www/modules/mod_fabrik_form
Extension Install: Failed to create folder: /var/www/modules/mod_fabrik_form
 
 
Is it possible that I have to change write permissions?
I found this thread about the chown thing but I don't know how to do it:
 
Thanks for help, no command line experience here!
 
Hannes

Replies (3)

Out of interest, why didn't you use the Joomla appliance?

Reply 1

We have a prebuilt Joomla appliance in the library. Is there a reason why you didn't just use that?

But to directly answer your question, the command suggested here is the one you want:

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www

The Joomla appliance is just Joomla installed on top of LAMP

Reply 2
Obviously there is nothing wrong with installing Joomla on top of LAMP yourself, but out LAMP appliance is essentially just Joomla installed on top of LAMP anyway, that's why I was curious.

Glad to hear that you have it all working.

Thx, it works! I didn't like

Reply 3

Thx, it works!

I didn't like the turnkey branding in the Joomla template and it seems that there are a little more possibilities with the LAMP setup. So I thought I can just use the LAMP thing and install Joomla myself.