Go to "Configuration ->Filesystem" (admin/config/media/file-system), and look at the entry for "Temporary Directory".
Does your web-server have write permissions to the directory?
You might have to update the entry with a directory you have control over.

Ursula

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@icsmx.com> wrote:
Hello.

I need your help.

I guess that maybe it is a problem on my server
but could not find what it is or where it is the error.

I installed on another site, no upgrade this
time, just a fresh install using CPanel n a VPS server.

Immediately after installation I entered and
tried to install a new theme.... an received the following error:

-----------------------------------------
You are hereHome » Administration »
ModulesModules.Error message•The specified file
temporary://filePzGcMt could not be copied,
because the destination directory is not properly
configured. This may be caused by a problem with
file or directory permissions. More information is available in the system log.

http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/danland-7.x-1.0.tar.gz
could not be saved to temporary://update-cache/danland-7.x-1.0.tar.gz.

•Unable to retrieve Drupal project from
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/danland-7.x-1.0.tar.gz.
-----------------------------------------

ANy idea of what could wrong?

I guess the error could be on the server, but I
am not sure... maybe in each virtual
configuration of each domain.... any clue what in
"temporary://update-cache/danland-7.x-1.0.tar.gz." temporary means?

ANy help is REALLY appreciate it. I have spend
lot of time and can not find any clue of what to fix.

Jorge Biquez


At 10:20 p.m. 30/05/2011, you wrote:
>Just updating in case the comments could be of help.
>
>I could not fix the error. I did not find what
>file or sub directory is not available. I delete
>all installation and will start from zero, on
>another domain, this time I will install themes
>and modules under version 7.0 and then will
>upgrade to 7.2. Let's see if the same error appears.
>
>Jorge Biquez


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