Jorge,

The temporary:// subdirectory is your /tmp directory (see one of the previous emails on how to find out, just in case you changed it).
What permissions does that directory have (ls -ld /tmp)? It should be something like this:
drwxrwxrwt 5 root root 126976 Jun  2 10:44 /tmp
(chmod 1777 /tmp)

Also: What do you mean with "manually"? If I install a module manually, I don't go through the administration interface, but I go to:

cd yourdrupalroot/site/all/modules
and then execute
tar -zxvf yourmodulepath/yourmodule.tar.gz

This all assumes that you have shell access.

There is a thread on d.org about this: http://drupal.org/node/1028630. Maybe, it gives you additional pointers.

Ursula

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@icsmx.com> wrote:

Hello.

Trying to install manually, this is the error

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You are hereHome » Administration » ModulesModules.Error messageUnable to create directory 'temporary://update-extraction/ctools/'

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That error was traying to install ctools manually , downloading it first to my hard disk.

Of course seems a permissions error but can not find where is it....

I do not know what is the real "temporary://" sundirectory.... I even , since it is a testing site, gave permission for writing to all the web directory.... all and the same

(leaving all comments here just for the archives in case another one gets the same error)

Jorge Biquez

At 05:01 p.m. 01/06/2011, you wrote:

Hello.

Still on this... no clue at all...

Now just guessing.... do you think this could be affected by the amount of PHP memory asigned? I have only 128M Do you think in general that would be enough? What's a good number for PHP memory assigned?

Thanks in advance

Jorge Biquez

At 03:14 p.m. 01/06/2011, you wrote:

Hmm, did you look into the system log for more information, as suggested by the error message? Anything in error_log (wherever is is in your installation)?

I install my modules/etc using drush, so I can't quite replicate your problem without switching on services I don't want.

Posting articles, changing them etc. require database updates, whereas the installation of a module/theme requires the correct permissions in the directories involved.

Ursula

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@icsmx.com> wrote:

Hello.

Yes, there it says the temporal directory is /tmp (relative to that server and domain)

It has write permissions, the same of the directory where drupal is installed. I have control over it, I just uploaded a file, delete it....

Is there any file or files where I can see the relative file configurations for Drupal?.

 

Curiously ALL work fine.... can post articles, delete them, change them.. change any parameters of the themes installed.... but you just can not install anything new....

Thanks in advance

Jorge Biquez

At 02:16 p.m. 01/06/2011, you wrote:

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:

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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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