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#11532 Unable to install Akeeba backup

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Environment Information

Joomla! version
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PHP version
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Akeeba Backup version
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Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 19 March 2012 12:58 CDT

user38775
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? No
Have I searched the tickets before posting? No
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? No
Joomla! version: (unknown)
PHP version: (unknown)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)
Akeeba Backup version: (unknown)

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Please attach a ZIP file containing your Akeeba Backup log file in order for us to help you with any backup or restoration issue. If the file is over 2Mb, please upload it on your server and post a link to it.

Description of my issue:

user38775
Currently we are on Akeeba backup 3.3.13 core. We have tried to upgrade to Akeeba backup 3.4.1 or 3.4.2 . I found a post on this site that suggests installing Akeeba Backup twice if we going from a core to professional version. I was to upgrade Akeeba backup 3.3.13 core to 3.4.2 on my PC. My PC has xampp 1.7.3 installed.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Any error messages or other clues which might help me help you? "Can't install" can mean different things to different people. What happens? Blank page? Error message? If so, which error message? Exact Joomla! version? Operating system?

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user38775
I am enclosing our system info and the Akeeba backup log. Since I am out of the office tomorrow, I will search the web for a solution Wednesday. Also I will try a manual install of Akeeba backup Wednesday.


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nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
I don't see anything peculiar in the server configuration. But, do you get any errors? Remember, I am not in front of your computer. I have no idea what is going on. Without an error message, or any hint as to what you might see on the screen and lead you to state that you can not install Akeeba Backup, how can I help you? I am not a psychic. Please help me help you.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user38775
We recently installed the php extension suhosin to harden php. I could upgrade Akeeba before this php extension was installed. I am working with our server unit to see if this can be uninstalled. I am enclosing a screen shot of immediately clicking the Upload and Install button. Please keep this ticket open so that I may post to it.

user38775
We recently installed the php extension suhosin to harden php. I could upgrade Akeeba before this php extension was installed. I am working with our server unit to see if this can be uninstalled. I am enclosing a screen shot of immediately clicking the Upload and Install button. Please keep this ticket open so that I may post to it.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Sorry, but this is a server setup issue. I can't really help you with it. All I can tell you is what I'd do if that was my own server. I would first look at the PHP upload temporary directory (is it writeable, does Suhosin allow writing to it), the maximum POST size (must be > 2Mb), the maximum uploaded file size (> 2Mb) and maybe Suhosin-specific options. It's a trial and error.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user38775
I was able to upgrade to Akeeba Backup Pro 3.4.2 on a different site on the same server... It had the same Akeeba Backup Core 3.3.13 installed on it along with the same extension that the first site. Tomorrow I will try to install Akeeba Backup Pro 3.4.2 with debug turned on. Hopefully I will get some error messages.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
If you try to upgrade with Debug Site turned on, the upgrade will fail. During the upgrade, we run a few SQL commands and check if they fail or not. Unfortunately, turning on the Debug Site feature will cause the otherwise catchable SQL errors to result in a Joomla! 500 error page and halt the installation. Do not use Debug Site when upgrading Akeeba Backup.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user38775
My server staff sent me this "found the issue in the akeeba extension installer warning tab. It complained that max_post in php.ini takes precedence over max_upload. So I set that and it worked. Why it takes precedence and why it worked on the other 2 sites will remain a mystery"

Thank you for your help with this problem. Please close this problem.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
I would close this ticket, but reading that reply by your server staff I got worried about their skills and, by extension, your site. If you don't mind, I'd like to give you some free advice. You are free to use it as you wish or ignore it.

First things first. There is no such thing as "akeeba extension installer". There is a Joomla! extensions installer. It's part of Joomla!. Maybe the fact that the page says Extensions Installer and the URL reads option=com_installer (and not option=com_akeeba) should have hinted your server staff to understand that it's a page of Joomla!, not Akeeba Backup. However, this is the least of my worries because all it means is that they are not very familiar with Joomla!. I am equally dumb when it comes to, say, Drupal, so no big worries here.

Now, something extremely concerning. Are you sure your server staff knows anything about managing servers? I seriously doubt their skills when I read things like "Why it takes precedence and why it worked on the other 2 sites will remain a mystery". It's anything but a mystery! As per the official PHP documentation page:
post_max_size integer

Sets max size of post data allowed. This setting also affects file upload. To upload large files, this value must be larger than upload_max_filesize. If memory limit is enabled by your configure script, memory_limit also affects file uploading. Generally speaking, memory_limit should be larger than post_max_size. When an integer is used, the value is measured in bytes. Shorthand notation, as described in this FAQ, may also be used. If the size of post data is greater than post_max_size, the $_POST and $_FILES superglobals are empty.

The emphasis is added by yours truly. This paragraph has been on the official PHP documentation at least since 2006 (I don't have older copies of the PHP manual, sorry, but I'm pretty sure it must have been there since 2003, maybe earlier). Have they checked if the other sites have a custom php.ini file in the administrator directory (the same directory as the index.php entry file of Joomla!'s backend)? Have they tried uploading large files on those other sites? This is server administration 101. I consider myself not exactly a hotshot (a nice way to say that I'm a little more than a newbie) when it comes to setting up servers, yet I know as much.

My suggestion: urgent education of your server staff.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user38775
Thank you for your advice that you sent me earlier today. I have sent your email to my supervisor. Our server support staff just started supporting php about a year and half ago. They may not know everything that they should know about php and Joomla. They are learning as they go.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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