'Zend_File_Transfer_Exception'

I can't add new items after installation.
Problem not resolved through changing permissions of archives folder.
thanks for help.

exception 'Zend_File_Transfer_Exception' with message 'The given destination is not writeable' in /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Zend/File/Transfer/Adapter/Abstract.php:1040
Stack trace:
#0 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Omeka/File/Ingest/Upload.php(41): Zend_File_Transfer_Adapter_Abstract->setDestination('/tmp')
#1 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Omeka/File/Ingest/Upload.php(113): Omeka_File_Ingest_Upload->_buildAdapter()
#2 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Omeka/File/Ingest/Abstract.php(181): Omeka_File_Ingest_Upload->_parseFileInfo('file')
#3 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/models/ItemBuilder.php(210): Omeka_File_Ingest_Abstract->ingest('file')
#4 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/globals.php(491): ItemBuilder->addFiles('Upload', 'file', Array)
#5 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/models/Item.php(270): insert_files_for_item()
#6 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/models/Item.php(154): Item->_uploadFiles(Object(Item), 'Upload', 'file', Array)
#7 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Omeka/Record.php(284): Item->beforeSaveForm()
#8 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Omeka/Record.php(805): Omeka_Record->runCallbacks(Object(ArrayObject))
#9 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Omeka/Controller/Action.php(420): Omeka_Record->saveForm(Array, Array)
#10 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/controllers/ItemsController.php(134): Omeka_Controller_Action->addAction('beforeSaveForm', Object(ArrayObject))
#11 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Action.php(513): ItemsController->addAction(Array)
#12 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Dispatcher/Standard.php(295): Zend_Controller_Action->dispatch()
#13 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Front.php(954): Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Standard->dispatch()
#14 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Zend/Application/Bootstrap/Bootstrap.php(97): Zend_Controller_Front->dispatch('addAction')
#15 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Zend/Application.php(366): Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap->run(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http), Object(Zend_Controller_Response_Http))
#16 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/application/libraries/Omeka/Core.php(166): Zend_Application->run()
#17 /is/htdocs/wp1118022_5H1AGR0HEQ/chris/omeka-1.4/admin/index.php(45): Omeka_Core->run()
#18 {main}

This error message is not about the archive directory, it's about the "/tmp" directory, the temporary directory that Omeka initially uploads files to.

That directory also needs to be writable by the server (normally "/tmp" is writable by everyone).

If you have a problem with the zend encoded archives, you can always dezend them with dezender.

I don't endorse it, but sometimes the codes you need changed aren't readily available.