collapse

* Simple Portal Archived Forum

This is an Archive Forum.

The content in this forum may be out-of-date or have been superseded by newer information, and links in forum pages to other sites may not work.
This forum contains archives for future reference.

Visit our thread at Simple Machines Forum for current support.

SMF 2.1 users: EhPortal is a ported version of Simple Portal specifically designed for the SMF 2.1 branch.
Please visit web-develop.ca to download EhPortal and for its support.

* User Info

 
 
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

* Who's Online

  • Dot Guests: 394
  • Dot Hidden: 0
  • Dot Users: 0

There aren't any users online.

* Shoutbox

Refresh History
  • Shoutbox is not for support!
  • {OCS}MasterSeal: Yup, Still adore SP
    April 21, 2019, 07:08:06 PM
  • {OCS}MasterSeal: STILL love SP :)
    November 24, 2018, 05:05:50 AM
  • ♦ Ninja ZX-10RR ♦: <3 aegersz
    September 13, 2018, 03:36:09 PM
  • aegersz: I STILL <3 LOVE SimplePortal
    September 13, 2018, 07:11:39 AM
  • aegersz: o LOVE you guys - Simple Portal rocks !
    May 09, 2018, 05:18:59 AM
  • Chen Zhen: our apologies for the site being down.. please read server issues topic
    March 22, 2018, 05:32:38 AM
  • {OCS}MasterSeal: LOL PLEASE forget I just posted that. I found the answer in my own dang post back in 2015. lol sorry!
    July 04, 2017, 10:47:55 PM
  • {OCS}MasterSeal: I know this SB isnt' for support, but I just have a general question. Who would I contact to find out where SP stores its block info? Is it DB driven or files? I searched the site but came up with nothing. probably my fault any insight is appreciated.
    July 04, 2017, 10:43:36 PM
  • ♦ Ninja ZX-10RR ♦: Excuse me but what does Simpleportal have to deal with that?
    February 05, 2017, 08:21:14 PM
  • WhiteEagle: of course IMHO that site appears to be dead :(
    February 04, 2017, 01:08:05 PM
  • WhiteEagle: If I can get that, then I'll use it for that site...
    February 04, 2017, 01:07:35 PM
  • WhiteEagle: decided to not use SMF for any projects, unless I can get a copy of the premium version of the fanfiction archive plugin
    February 04, 2017, 01:06:54 PM
  • expertdecisions: cloudflare
    January 28, 2017, 08:01:47 AM
  • aegersz: SM release 2.0.13 !
    January 12, 2017, 06:00:13 AM
  • raffo: Tks Emanuele, even if I didn't understand the fix :D
    November 07, 2016, 02:01:20 AM
  • emanuele: [link]
    November 01, 2016, 12:43:50 PM
  • emanuele: raffo: the English support board is a good place. ;)
    November 01, 2016, 12:43:38 PM
  • raffo: Where can I find the fix for the shoutbox?
    November 01, 2016, 05:06:09 AM
  • {OCS}MasterSeal: To the SP team, I make a point to come here and thank you as much as possible for your work.  so again, THANK YOU!
    October 28, 2016, 10:38:05 AM
  • emanuele: That's indeed funny, the limit is present only in the patch and not the full install.
    October 22, 2016, 06:14:58 PM

* Team Blog

* Recent Posts

Adding Forums Button to Nav bar by jirapon
[August 01, 2019, 09:07:12 AM]
Re: Board Icons by ♦ Ninja ZX-10RR ♦
[July 30, 2019, 04:03:41 PM]
MOVED: Czech translation???? by ♦ Ninja ZX-10RR ♦
[July 30, 2019, 03:04:51 PM]
Board Icons by jirapon
[July 30, 2019, 07:28:44 AM]
Re: Thankyou Simpleportal, by ♦ Ninja ZX-10RR ♦
[July 29, 2019, 09:41:29 AM]
Blocks speak! Do you have an interest in getting more blocks - or even making your own? The Blocks Board is for you!

« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Re: Empty Package??  (Read 7568 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline booch_21

  • Semi Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 15
  • SMF Version: 2 RC5
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Empty Package??
« on: October 19, 2009, 06:33:50 PM »
I have the same problem and did what you suggested in your message.  I do not see a 2.3.1 installation package that is being referred to.  I have some tar.gz file that doesn't do anything for me.  This was installed as a package into my SMF as a ZIP.  How do you upgrade it from 2.3?  I'm not seeing it.
Logged

Offline Nathaniel

  • Comrade
  • *
  • Posts: 5203
  • Gender: Male
    • Verbtest.com
  • SMF Version: 2 RC4
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2009, 01:46:27 AM »
I have split this topic from the other one, as your issue is different.

You need to download SimplePortal before you can install it, you can download it from our Downloads area.
Logged
SMF Friend (Former Support Specialist) | SimplePortal DeveloperMy SMF Mods | SimplePortal"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - Who will Guard the Guards?Please don't send me ANY support related PMs. I will just delete them.

Offline booch_21

  • Semi Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 15
  • SMF Version: 2 RC5
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2009, 09:20:49 PM »
With all due respect, I already downloaded what your server is giving me to download?  The "package" is called SimplePortal_2.3.1.tar.gz.  I've never worked with a tar.gz file before.  SimplePortal 2.3 was installed from a ZIP file.  When I attempt to install this tar.gz file, I get:

An Error Has Occurred!
Package upload failed due to the following error:
"Although the package was downloaded to the server it appears to be empty. Please check the Packages directory, and the "temp" sub-directory are both writable. If you continue to experience this problem you should try extracting the package on your PC and uploading the extracted files into a subdirectory in your Packages directory and try again. For example, if the package was called shout.tar.gz you should:
1) Download the package to your local PC and extract it into files.
2) Using an FTP client create a new directory in your "Packages" folder, in this example you may call it "shout".
3) Upload all the files from the extracted package to this directory.
4) Go back to the package manager browse page and the package will be automatically found by SMF."

The directories are writable.  This is the only file that I am able to download and SMF is telling me that there is nothing in it.  So where is the upgrade file or the "installation package"?  I am already running 2.3 just fine.  Thank you.
Logged

Offline Nathaniel

  • Comrade
  • *
  • Posts: 5203
  • Gender: Male
    • Verbtest.com
  • SMF Version: 2 RC4
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2009, 10:13:43 PM »
Apologies, your first post was unclear, when you said "I do not see a 2.3.1 installation package that is being referred to." I figured that you had not downloaded the package itself. That is the correct installation/upgrade package.

.zip and .tar.gz files are both archives types, its just that .tar.gz uses better compression than .zip (smaller file size, less bandwidth, etc).

Have you tried uncompressing the SimplePortal_2.3.1.tar.gz file, and then uploading its contents via FTP as suggested by the error message? I personally use Izarc for .tar.gz files.
Logged
SMF Friend (Former Support Specialist) | SimplePortal DeveloperMy SMF Mods | SimplePortal"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - Who will Guard the Guards?Please don't send me ANY support related PMs. I will just delete them.

Offline Nathaniel

  • Comrade
  • *
  • Posts: 5203
  • Gender: Male
    • Verbtest.com
  • SMF Version: 2 RC4
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2009, 12:14:32 AM »
Any updates on this issue booch_21?
Logged
SMF Friend (Former Support Specialist) | SimplePortal DeveloperMy SMF Mods | SimplePortal"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - Who will Guard the Guards?Please don't send me ANY support related PMs. I will just delete them.

Offline booch_21

  • Semi Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 15
  • SMF Version: 2 RC5
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2009, 02:11:40 PM »
I have been unable to work on the upgrade.  I'll try as you suggested in a few hours.  Thank you for the guidance and I will report the outcome then.
Logged

Offline booch_21

  • Semi Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 15
  • SMF Version: 2 RC5
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2009, 05:16:41 PM »
My apologies as I know little about all of this tar.gz stuff.  I downloaded IZarc and extracted a tar file.  I uploaded that and SMF didn't recognize it as an installable file.  I opened the tar file and it had a single 1 meg file in it that I also uploaded and no change.  I'm just not sure what I'm looking for.  I downloaded the tar.gz file from this site again to be sure that I had a good file. 

I'm not opposed to learning something new, but the ZIP format really is easier than this.   :(
Logged

Offline Nathaniel

  • Comrade
  • *
  • Posts: 5203
  • Gender: Male
    • Verbtest.com
  • SMF Version: 2 RC4
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2009, 05:26:57 PM »
Well, the .tar file is an archive, the .gz part just means that it has been compressed, so .tar.gz is a compress archive. Izarc should be able to extract the files straight from a .tar.gz file, although it might ask you if you want to extract the .tar archive or not.
Logged
SMF Friend (Former Support Specialist) | SimplePortal DeveloperMy SMF Mods | SimplePortal"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - Who will Guard the Guards?Please don't send me ANY support related PMs. I will just delete them.

Offline booch_21

  • Semi Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 15
  • SMF Version: 2 RC5
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2009, 11:14:40 AM »
I have the added complication that I've just upgraded to Windows 7 and I think IZarc didn't like that.  A fellow Admin sent me a ZIP with all of the files in it and that did not work either.  I FTP'ed the files to the server and had scripting errors during install.  I'm really no further along and it appears that I am destined not to get this install done, for whatever reasons. 

I walked away from it last night and will attempt another try later in my day. I'll report all of the scripting errors as I get them.  Thanks for the patience.
Logged

Offline Nathaniel

  • Comrade
  • *
  • Posts: 5203
  • Gender: Male
    • Verbtest.com
  • SMF Version: 2 RC4
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2009, 07:43:02 PM »
Any updates on this issue booch_21? Did you manage to get your SMF package manager to recognize and install the SimplePortal package?
Logged
SMF Friend (Former Support Specialist) | SimplePortal DeveloperMy SMF Mods | SimplePortal"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - Who will Guard the Guards?Please don't send me ANY support related PMs. I will just delete them.

Offline booch_21

  • Semi Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 15
  • SMF Version: 2 RC5
  • SP Version: 2.3.3
Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2010, 09:05:09 AM »
Sorry for the LONG delay on this.  I finally upgraded to RC2 and was able to install this latest version.  All is fine now.  Thank you for your time on this.
Logged

Offline candidosa2

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 149
  • Gender: Male
  • Freelancer CMS
    • Webdesign
  • SMF Version: 2.0.15
  • SP Version: 2.3.7
  • Elkarte Version: 1.1.3
Re: Empty Package??
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2010, 05:10:56 AM »
thank you
http://www.izarc.org/
she work fine
Logged






Alguma duvida pode me mandar MP que tera Suporte
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »