Cannot be updated to 3.0 from 2.6

  • Resolved DerJudge

    (@derjudge)


    10 years ago

    This is what I get when the plugin should be activated with version 3.0:

    Das Plugin konnte aufgrund eines fatalen Fehlers nicht reaktiviert werden. (Couldn't activate plugin due to a fatal error):

Warning: include_once(/var/www/zoosau.de/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/akismet/widget.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/zoosau.de/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.php on line 50 Warning: include_once(): Failed opening '/var/www/zoosau.de/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/akismet/widget.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/zoosau.de/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.php on line 50 Warning: require_once(/var/www/zoosau.de/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/akismet/admin.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/zoosau.de/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.php on line 53 Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/var/www/zoosau.de/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/akismet/admin.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/zoosau.de/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.php on line 53

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  • Plugin Author Christopher Finke

    (@cfinke)

    10 years ago

    Those files are all from version 2.6, so either you have another plugin trying to manually load the 2.6 files, or something went haywire during the upgrade process.

    I would recommend removing Akismet entirely and installing version 3.0 manually, either via uploading a zip or by searching for it in the plugin installation search box. If that doesn’t work, it’s probably a conflict with another one of your plugins, and we’ll figure that out.

    Thread Starter DerJudge

    (@derjudge)

    10 years ago

    Hi Christopher, thanks for your reply.

    I found it, your hint that these are old files helped me for the following idea:

    When I Disable and Delete the old version afterwards, the folder wp-content/plugins/akismet is deleted from the system completely; I veryfied this on the shell.
    But when I install the new version 3.0, I get the error I pasted in the first place.

    Your hint lead me to the following: Maybe the APC is involved? And indeed: When I Deactivate and Delete the old version, restart the HTTPd (to free the APC cache) and install version 3.0 of Akismet afterwards, it works like a charm.

    Thank you for your help!

    Plugin Author Christopher Finke

    (@cfinke)

    10 years ago

    Great, thanks for replying with the solution. I’ll keep this in mind for any other users who experience something similar.

    enxaqueca

    (@enxaqueca)

    10 years ago

    Thank you for posting this solution. The same error message appeared to me when upgrading to WordPress version 3.8.3. Restarting HTTP server (Apache) made the error go away without even the need to delete and reinstall anything.

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