CSV Import Plugin Error Message

Omeka has encountered an error
RuntimeException
The configured PHP path (/usr/bin/php) does not point to a PHP-CLI binary.

#0 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/application/libraries/Omeka/Job/Process/Dispatcher.php(94): Omeka_Job_Process_Dispatcher::_checkCliPath('/usr/bin/php')
#1 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/application/libraries/Omeka/Job/Process/Dispatcher.php(28): Omeka_Job_Process_Dispatcher::getPHPCliPath()
#2 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/application/libraries/Omeka/Job/Dispatcher/Adapter/BackgroundProcess.php(31): Omeka_Job_Process_Dispatcher::startProcess('Omeka_Job_Proce...', Object(User), Array)
#3 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/application/libraries/Omeka/Job/Dispatcher/Default.php(150): Omeka_Job_Dispatcher_Adapter_BackgroundProcess->send('{"className":"C...', Array)
#4 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/plugins/CsvImport/controllers/IndexController.php(393): Omeka_Job_Dispatcher_Default->sendLongRunning('CsvImport_Impor...', Array)
#5 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/plugins/CsvImport/controllers/IndexController.php(135): CsvImport_IndexController->_dispatchImportTask(Object(CsvImport_Import), 'start')
#6 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Action.php(516): CsvImport_IndexController->mapColumnsAction()
#7 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Dispatcher/Standard.php(308): Zend_Controller_Action->dispatch('mapColumnsActio...')
#8 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Front.php(954): Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Standard->dispatch(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http), Object(Zend_Controller_Response_Http))
#9 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/application/libraries/Zend/Application/Bootstrap/Bootstrap.php(101): Zend_Controller_Front->dispatch()
#10 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/application/libraries/Zend/Application.php(366): Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap->run()
#11 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/application/libraries/Omeka/Application.php(79): Zend_Application->run()
#12 /home/puamlive/public_html/omeka/admin/index.php(28): Omeka_Application->run()
#13 {main}

I'm a novice here in the Omeka world, any input?

See this earlier post as it might be the answer to your problem particularly if you are on BlueHost:
http://omeka.org/forums/topic/csv-import-plugin-not-working-on-shared-host

If you are you will need to contact BlueHost as they have changed the path from /usr/php/53/usr/bin/php-cli to something else

I'm having the same problem with Bluehost. I changed the background.php.path in the config.ini filepath as described in the post. There is also the post http://omeka.org/forums/topic/csv-import-problem-1 from a few years earlier which had a different path listed. Bluehost is now running php 5.4. I opened a ticket with their support and will let you know if I find a solution.

I heard back from Bluehost. This is the current path to the php cli binary:

/ramdisk/php/54/bin/php54-cli

On the advice of the earlier threads, I did this:

Using an FTP client, I accessed this file in my Omeka directory: application/config/config.ini

In the file, I changed this line:
; Path to PHP-CLI for running background processes. Set this to a path to override the autodetected PHP path.
background.php.path = ""

To this:
; Path to PHP-CLI for running background processes. Set this to a path to override the autodetected PHP path.
background.php.path = /ramdisk/php/54/bin/php54-cli

The CSV plug in now works on my site.

Similar issue but resolved using the simpler format:

background.php.path = "/usr/bin/php-cli"