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.
