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10.10, Joomla extraction

Asked by peter

Hello

I installed XAMPP and it works fine. I tried to install Joomla and the extraction failed. I got the message

Extraction not performed
You don't have the right permissions to extract archives in the folder "file:///opt/lampp/htdocs/testdb"

I used the Archive manager (right mouse-click on the file to extract the file).

What can i do to extract the file? Thanks in advance.
Peter

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Senthil Kumar_Webrsk (webrsk-ideas) said : 		#1

Steps to follow:

1) Go to ‘/opt/lampp/htdocs’ directory and create a new directory named ‘joomla’.
$ cd /opt/lampp/htdocs
$ mkdir joomla
$ cd joomla

2) copy the downloaded the joomla package ‘Joomla_x.x.x.tar.gz‘ file to ‘/opt/lampp/htdocs/joomla‘.

3) Extract the copied joomla package.
$ sudo tar xvzf Joomla_x.x.x.tar.gz

4) Now you can browse to the joomla on your favorite browser.
http://localhost/joomla/installation/index.php

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#2

Hi Senthil

Thanks. I'm going to try it.

Because till yet I worked always as the root, I've another question: Does this mean I can't use the graphical Archive manager in the file system anymore? I can use it only in my HOME folder?

Thanks a lot for your answer.

Peter

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#3

It's a ZIP file!? Thanks.
Peter

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#4

peter@peter:~$ sudo tar xvzf '/home/peter/OwnData/TempStorage/Joomla_1.5.22-Stable-Full_Package.zip'
[sudo] password for peter:
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
gzip: stdin has more than one entry--rest ignored
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
peter@peter:~$

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Senthil Kumar_Webrsk (webrsk-ideas) said : 		#5

In ubuntu the default login is not root. so the directories which is root ownership requires root permission.
For security purpose this is introduced.

The package is .zip file.
Then you can use unzip command line to extract.
$ sudo unzip Joomla_1.5.22-Stable-Full_Package.zip

If unzip is not installed, you can install it by:
$ sudo apt-get unzip

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#6

Thanks Senthil.