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install xml parse error
« on: December 16, 2014, 04:37:11 PM »
(edited to add permissions info)

1.   Execute Modification   smf2/install.xml   Modification parse error
2.   Execute Modification   smf2/install.xml   Modification parse error

This is what I'm getting when installing SP 2.3.6 on SMF 2.0.9

I have tried all I can think of.
chowned files to root:root
chowned files to the owner of /var/www
chmodded everything applicable to 755 and/or 777
uploaded the zip from 4 systems.
installed the zip direct from http from SP site.
created the temp folder, and chmod/chowned it as everything else.
cleared the contents of temp between install attempts, and during.

No matter what I do, it gives the same error *every* time.

Permissions seem in order.
 /var/www/main   Writable  (chmod: 0777)               
      agreement.txt   Writable  (chmod: 0777)               
      Settings.php   Writable  (chmod: 0777)               
      Settings_bak.php   Writable  (chmod: 0777)               
       * attachments   Writable  (chmod: 0777)               
       * avatars   Writable  (chmod: 0777)               
       * cache   Writable  (chmod: 0777)               
       * Smileys   Writable  (chmod: 0777)               
       * Sources   Writable  (chmod: 0777)               
       * Themes   Writable  (chmod: 0777)               
       * Packages   Writable  (chmod: 0777)

hardware: (not sure if it matters though.)
xeon E3-1246
32GB ECC

software: (probably a little more important.)
debian 7.7 64 (with multilib)
Apache 2.2.22
PHP  5.4.35-0+deb7u2
Registered PHP Streams   https, ftps, compress.zlib, compress.bzip2, php, file, glob, data, http, ftp, phar, zip
Registered Stream Socket Transports   tcp, udp, unix, udg, ssl, sslv3, tls
Registered Stream Filters   zlib.*, bzip2.*, convert.iconv.*, string.rot13, string.toupper, string.tolower, string.strip_tags, convert.*, consumed, dechunk

« Last Edit: December 16, 2014, 04:40:51 PM by korelabs »
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2014, 04:56:26 PM »
Welcome :)

A question that might sound stupid but in fact it isn't... Are you trying to install SP 2.3.6 over a previous installation? For example updating 2.3.5 without uninstalling?
I ask because it's not how it works, you should uninstall 2.3.5 and then install 2.3.6, you won't lose your data if you don't choose the "Delete the additional data" checkbox while uninstalling it.

After telling me the above... Try to unzip the package, rename "install.xml" to "Install.xml" (do note the uppercase), re-zip it, re-upload it and retry. This is due to the fact that some weird things can happen in some OS at a times... It happened to me as well before, with another mod.
The things you have done might sound useful but not all of them... In fact having 777 as chmod might cause more troubles than benefits. I'd ask you to bring it back to 775 at maximum.

By the way congrats for providing a boatload of informations, that's uncommon and much appreciated :)
« Last Edit: December 16, 2014, 05:00:57 PM by ♦ Ninja ZX-10RR ♦ »
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2014, 05:08:37 PM »
I apologize for missing that detail, this is a 100% clean install, and I have full root access to the server (of which I also forgot to mention)

Will try the suggestions and report back asap.
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2014, 05:14:14 PM »
Hmmm... Where did you download SP from, SMF site or here?
If the SMF site, try downloading from here and trying that copy.
Just in case something corrupted the copy you had gotten.

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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2014, 05:20:17 PM »
@ burkeknight, I got it from here.

@ ninja, same thing, I also took the caution of clearing the old cached copies off of the server-side directories, and making 110% sure it uploaded fresh and clean with the edits, it's showing the error as install.xml in SMF's package manager, but it shows quite clearly Install.xml when browsing the zip server side in */Packages/filename.zip, would appear there may be an auto renaming schema in place once things hit the installation script external of the zip file.
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2014, 05:25:25 PM »
Have you tried to just upload the SP package to the Packages folder via FTP, then go and try to install from the list in package manager?

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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2014, 05:32:59 PM »
Oddly enough, I just tried dreamportal as well, and i get the exact same issue...
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2014, 05:35:16 PM »
Then it would appear that there is a server issue that needs to be looked at.

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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2014, 05:39:42 PM »
Yeah, I'm thinking so as well.

Off to chase squirrels around /var for a while!

I'll report back anyway, because I see a few posts on this where users just up and claim fixed, then vanish into the ether with NO information at all... If i find it, i'll post it.
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2014, 05:40:17 PM »
it's showing the error as install.xml in SMF's package manager, but it shows quite clearly Install.xml when browsing the zip server side in */Packages/filename.zip, would appear there may be an auto renaming schema in place once things hit the installation script external of the zip file.
Rename it back AFTER you uploaded it to install.xml then (damn I hate this uppercase BS it makes me go crazy, really, see below)...

Then it would appear that there is a server issue that needs to be looked at.
Yeah... I just hope that this is actually fixable. Despite I have more than 130 mods installed I can't install ForumFirewall because it gives me the same exact error no matter what I do.
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2014, 06:00:23 PM »
Just installed libxml++ on a whim, and it also installed nearly 600 other packages, rebooting the server for good measure, hopefully something in that heap fixes it.

[edit] Nope, this is getting terribly irritating.

Any suggestions as to packages I may be missing that would cause this?
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2014, 06:01:36 PM »
Hell you did quite a lot of things... Let us know huh? :)
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2014, 06:13:48 PM »
korelabs,

Imo you somehow have a misconfigured path setting within SMF itself.
To ensure all paths are correct perhaps use the repair_settings.php tool to correct them and try the installation again.
Make sure to remove the tool/file when the process is complete.

ref.
http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Repair_settings.php

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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2014, 06:24:21 PM »
Ran it, hit the remove hooks, restore settings, save settings, then deleted it, same error.

[edited for missed step, corrected.]
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2014, 06:40:44 PM »
I would think some server stuff. Why? Because of the same problem I have with ForumFirewall mod... Looks like it doesn't work on my host. Perhaps it's the same thing here. As regards the reason... I'd love to discover it.
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2014, 07:20:23 PM »
Ran it, hit the remove hooks, restore settings, save settings, then deleted it, same error.

[edited for missed step, corrected.]

I did not instruct you to remove any hooks. If you have existing mods installed that use them it will render some of those installed mods useless or possibly cause errors. I was suggesting that you fix the directory and path settings. The tool gives you suggested changes as links whereas most of the time you can just select all those links and then save the changed settings.

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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2014, 07:23:03 PM »
♦ Ninja ZX-10RR ♦,

  That sounds like an .htaccess issue you are experiencing, I will suggest that you post in that mods support thread if you have not already done so.

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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2014, 07:24:16 PM »
Just tried it with a clean install, database and everything, without the hooks thing, and same result.
Are there logs kept anywhere I could look at?
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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2014, 07:35:35 PM »
The php error log path/location is configured within your php.ini file although it is usually viewable from your host panel (if you have one .. ie. Cpanel).

Do you have shell access? Is this CentOS, Ubuntu, etc ?
If you do have shell access, what is your actual forum path to this forum (public_html) folder?
Is this a newer OS installation?

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Re: install xml parse error
« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2014, 07:37:15 PM »
It's debian 7.7 AMD64 (with multilib).
I have 100% full access. (hosted rootserver)
Path is /var/www/main
yes, it's a fresh install of debian_minimal, I've added php, mysql, apache myself.
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