Error when downloading install package – "unable to create file…"

I am receiving the following error when I try to install themes or plugins. Yesterday I did a fresh install of WP 3.5 and haven’t been able to get past this:

Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file /var/chroot/home/content/57/9920957/tmp/wordpress-seo.tmp because Permission denied in /home/content/57/9920957/html/wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 179

Warning: unlink(/var/chroot/home/content/57/9920957/tmp/wordpress-seo.tmp) [function.unlink]: Permission denied in /home/content/57/9920957/html/wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 493
Download failed. Could not open handle for fopen() to /var/chroot/home/content/57/9920957/tmp/wordpress-seo.tmp