Features / Usability

Thanks Chibaguy,

I have complete access to my server, never saw anything mentioning fixperms in the installation docs. I did run the setup.sh, which is confusing as well, since the "id" command didn't give me the information expected.

I have no problem downloading the module files and installing them manually, just don't know where to get them. Everything I'm seeing says go to Admin Mods and click the link. I'll look around some more later today.

I suppose I will have to do another fill install of Tikiwiki, since I have no idea how to backout the Aulawiki install attempt.

For the module writers, the installation process should really check for proper permissions and common problems before attempting to install. Everyone can't be expected to have full shell access to install modules or anything else for that matter.

Sorry if I seem frustrated here, but I see the blurb at the top f the page "Free software is good for you", well, not if it doesn't work as advertised, and support is hard to get.

> I don't know what success other people have had, but for me (using Tiki installations at hosted domains) Admin Mods has never worked completely (admittedly, it's been a while since I tried). I could get as far as having the mod files transferred to my server, but nothing actually installed, maybe due to my not knowing how to deal with "To install, remove or upgrade packages you need to give the apache user the right to write files in your web tree...." without shell/command line access. Though now that I look at fixperms.sh, it seems like maybe chmoding via ftp might work if you know what directories are involved.
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> Without having the server set up to enable mods to be installed, not even a simple mod is going to work, let alone something complex like Aulawiki.
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> But if you managed the initial setup OK, then maybe you could expect the installation to work.
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> > , and got the following error after clicking Install:
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> > Warning: copy(aulawiki-assignments_admin.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/hdrpgco/public_html/tiki/lib/mods/modslib.php on line 375
> > features/aulawiki/aulawiki-assignments_admin.php to aulawiki-assignments_admin.php impossible to copy
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> There's a permission problem here, probably related to the initial mods set up referred to above.
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> > When I go back to Admin Mods, the Install link is still sitting there next to Aulawiki 1.2. If I click it again I get the following error:
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> > Warning: mysql error: Table 'aulawiki_assignment' already exists in query:
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> > CREATE TABLE `aulawiki_assignment` ....
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> > in /home/hdrpgco/public_html/tiki/lib/tikidblib.php on line 134
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> > ....
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> Apparently the mod install script made the table the first time, so naturally there will be an error if there's a request to make an already-existing table. This can be dealt with easily enough if you have phpMyAdmin access to the database, etc.
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> > Now, maybe we can get a little help this time?
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> I'm not sure "Admin Mods" works for people who don't have shell accounts. Did you see this message at your site? "To install, remove or upgrade packages you need to give the apache user the right to write files in your web tree (you can use "./fixperms.sh open" to set it up). After installation you need to remove that permission (using "./fixperms fix")." If so, were you able to comply?
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> Aulawiki will be a core feature of Tiki in version 1.10 or earlier, so it'll be installed as a normal installation/upgrade.
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> For hosted domains, I suggest getting the files and installing them manually, i.e., uploading with ftp and then doing the database changes with phpMyAdmin. This has been the most successful route for me.
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> — Gary - zukakakina.com