Resolve JInstaller::install: Failed Joomla Components and Modules Installation Errors

Tags: Joomla

If you are facing trouble in instillation of Joomla components and modules, and getting errors like * It was not possible to copy the selected file.
* JInstaller::install: Failed to copy file:, you need to give write permissions to yuor components and modules directories.

To resolve this, go to Joomla Administrator > Help > System Info > Directory Permissions

All of the following directories must be writable for Joomla to install components, modules and themes.

Directory Permissions

Directory	Status
administrator/backups/	Writable
administrator/components/	Writable
administrator/language/	Writable
administrator/language/en-GB/	Writable
administrator/language/nl-NL/	Writable
administrator/modules/	Writable
administrator/templates/	Writable
components/	Writable
images/	Writable
images/banners/	Writable
images/stories/	Writable
language/	Writable
language/en-GB/	Writable
language/nl-NL/	Writable
language/pdf_fonts/	Writable
media/	Writable
modules/	Writable
plugins/	Writable
plugins/content/	Writable
plugins/editors/	Writable
plugins/editors-xtd/	Writable
plugins/search/	Writable
plugins/system/	Writable
plugins/user/	Writable
plugins/xmlrpc/	Writable
templates/	Writable
Cache Directory /home/user/public_html/cache/	Writable
Cache Directory /home/user/public_html/administrator/cache/	Writable
Log Directory ($log_path) /home/user/public_html/logs/	Writable
Temp Directory ($tmp_path) /home/user/public_html/tmp/	Writable

Hope that helps.

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