cannot create / directory while updating core or plugins

  • imperialicbm

    (@imperialicbm)


    15 years, 11 months ago

    hi there,

    i installed wp3.0 rc1 as of late.
    no problems with the setup or installation.
    everything runs as it should.

    my problem is:
    whenever i try to update something (plugins, core-updates, etc) within
    wordpress the following happens:
    ************************************************************
    Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/nightly-builds/wordpress-latest.zip…

    Unpacking the update…

    Could not create directory.: /

    Installation Failed
    ************************************************************

    i have of course searched google and the support forums finding this hint:
    http://stuff24.de/blog/wordpress-could-not-create-directory-plugin-install-failed/
    (that was also mentioned in the support-forums as resolved but it doesnt work
    for me.)
    as i was editing class-wp-filesystem-direct.php i found the line at 281 already in place, so i am kinda out of clues.

    any hints?

    cheers
    seb

    UPDATE:
    since this isn’t really a installation issue it should be really in the howto-troubleshooting forum. sorry for that. =(
    maybe it can get moved there?

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 11 months ago

    It could be a server permissions issue.

    [Topic moved]

    agsteele

    (@agsteele)

    15 years, 11 months ago

    I have/had this issue. On investigation I found that my wp-content directory was owned by ‘root’. The FTP user was a different id. So I used chown to change the ownership

    ie: chown ftp-owner:ftp-owner wp-content

    I did the same for the upgrade directory under wp-content

    I’ve not needed to do an upgrade since but I’m hopeful this should fix the issue.

    Andrew

    agsteele

    (@agsteele)

    15 years, 11 months ago

    I have/had this issue. On investigation I found that my wp-content directory was owned by ‘root’. The FTP user was a different id. So I used chown to change the ownership

    ie: chown ftp-owner:ftp-owner wp-content

    I did the same for the upgrade directory under wp-content

    I’ve not needed to do an upgrade since but I’m hopeful this should fix the issue.

    Andrew

    [Edit] sorry for the double post. The forum software had a hiccup…

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