1.6 package manifest file

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Marco Barbosa

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May 21, 2010, 3:20:38 PM5/21/10
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Hello!

With Joomla 1.6 now you can install a "package" that can consist of a
module, template, languages etc

I was wondering what is the manifest file for it ?

I need a manifest.xml that installs a administrator template and a few
modules, what is the syntax ?

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Ian MacLennan

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May 21, 2010, 3:47:32 PM5/21/10
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I would look in the examples at development/trunk/tests/_data/installer_packages/

Ian

Marco Barbosa

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May 23, 2010, 7:01:55 AM5/23/10
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Hello Ian!

Thanks for the instant reply :)

Do you know why does it try to create a folder in the "library"
folder ?

I'm getting this:

* JFolder::create: Could not create directory
* Package Install: Failed to create directory:/srv/http/
joomla16/libraries/minima

And I'm just installing a admin template and 2 admin modules.

Is that normal?

On May 21, 9:47 pm, Ian MacLennan <ian.maclen...@joomla.org> wrote:
> I would look in the examples at
> development/trunk/tests/_data/installer_packages/
>
> Ian
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Marco Barbosa <marco.barbos...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hello!
>
> > With Joomla 1.6 now you can install a "package" that can consist of a
> > module, template, languages etc
>
> > I was wondering what is the manifest file for it ?
>
> > I need a manifest.xml that installs a administrator template and a few
> > modules, what is the syntax ?
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Sam Moffatt

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May 23, 2010, 7:31:24 PM5/23/10
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Strangeness, I will have a look at it.

Cheers,

Sam Moffatt
http://pasamio.id.au

Marco Barbosa

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May 24, 2010, 5:14:39 AM5/24/10
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So gave write permission to libraries just to work around this for
now, but I still can't install it

This is my manifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<install type="package" version="1.6">
<name>Minima</name>
<packager>Marco Barbosa</packager>
<packagename>minima</packagename>
<packagerurl>http://marcobarbosa.com</packagerurl>
<version>1.0</version>
<description>Minima administrator template for Joomla 1.6</
description>
<files folder="packages">
<file type="template" id="minima" client="admin">minima.zip</
file>
<file type="module" id="mod_compmenu"
client="admin">mod_compmenu.zip</file>
<file type="module" id="mod_shortcuts"
client="admin">mod_shortcuts.zip</file>
</files>
</install>

I pack this manifest together with those 3 zip files mentioned.
Installation gives me:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Install path does not exist
* Package Install: There was an error installing an extension:
minima.zip
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error installing package
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any ideas ?

On May 24, 1:31 am, Sam Moffatt <pasa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Strangeness, I will have a look at it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sam Moffatthttp://pasamio.id.au

Sam Moffatt

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May 24, 2010, 6:32:31 AM5/24/10
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Looks like an old version of the file is in trunk. I'll update a copy
of the file I have that doesn't appear to have hit trunk and merge it
in over the weekend.

Sam Moffatt
http://pasamio.id.au

Marco Barbosa

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Jun 4, 2010, 8:46:38 AM6/4/10
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Hi Sam!

Did you update the trunk?

I'm still getting:

* Package Install: Failed to create directory:/srv/http/
joomladev/libraries/minima

Giving the "libraries" folder write permission I get:

* Install path does not exist
* Package Install: There was an error installing an extension:
minima.zip

Let me know when it''s updated so I can try again.

On May 24, 12:32 pm, Sam Moffatt <pasa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like an old version of the file is in trunk. I'll update a copy
> of the file I have that doesn't appear to have hit trunk and merge it
> in over the weekend.
>
> Sam Moffatthttp://pasamio.id.au

Amy Stephen

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Jun 10, 2010, 12:44:51 PM6/10/10
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As an update, Marco and Sam worked on this on the tracker and as of
few days ago, this was fixed

For more information, please read Sam's comments here:
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=20956
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