I keep getting this error when trying to install the contribution 1.0-1.1 plugin:
"The following error occurred while installing the 'Contribution' plugin: 'Contribution' plugin directory does not contain a 'plugin.php' file."
The "plugin.php." file is clearly in the directory.
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Sounds like the plugin wasn't installed correctly. When uploading the plugin files, keep them in the unzipped directory and place that directly in the /plugins directory.
You might want to delete it and upload the plugin again.
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I am looking right at the supposedly missing plugin.php file in the Contribution directory.
I unzipped the contribution1.0-1.1 zip file into a directory named "contribution" and uploaded that "contribution" directory to the plugins folder.
That did not work.
I unzipped the zip file into a folder named contribution-1.0-1.1 and uploaded that, and got the same error message. Any help much appreciated as I did not have this problem last month when I installed some plugins. -
Let me be sure you do have the right directory structure. I think the plugin is having trouble finding all of its files.
So if we are looking at the structure of your directory it should look like this:
nameofyoursite/plugins/Contribution/plugin.php
The directory needs to be Capitalized. In addition to the plugin.php file you should also see a folder for controllers, models, views, and the plugin.ini.
Does this match what is in your installation?
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I am getting exactly error message for every plugin I try to install. I definitely have the file at (for example) omeka/plugins/Geolocation/plugin.php. I have tried deleting the whole folder and re-unzipping the plugin, but still had the same problem. I'm not sure how to get a more detailed error message.
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It turned out to be a permissions problem. I made the files view-able and modify-able by all, and the plugin worked.
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Most plugins will be fine with just read access.
There are only a few exceptions, like the Dropbox plugin (and the documentation for those plugins will mention if they need more access).
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