DOCMan for Elxis

[eliasan]

DOCMan for Elxis is available for download from Elxis Directory section, on www.elxis.org.
The bundle includes the main component, plus a search mamBot and four modules.

[yiannos]

Hi,

I hope I am posting in the right place...

I am trying to install the DOCman component but when I hit "Upload&Install" I get to a blank page and then the component is not in the list or the menus.

The directory is created and populated in the server.

If I try again I get:

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Another component is already using directory: "/opt/lampp/htdocs/petaga/components/com_docman/"
I tried deleting the dir and trying from the start but the same happens again.

Any ideas?

TIA

[datahell]

Delete both frontend and backend directories. Delete docman tables and related rows in table #__components. Then try again.

[yiannos]

Thanks for yor answer,

I deleted

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/sitename/components/com_docman

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/sitename/administrator/components/com_docman
and did not find anything to delete in xxx_components table.

The same effect happens again.

Anything else?

[eliasan]

Please make sure that you actually delete these directories.
If you try to delete them using FTP, you may not be the owner of the files and deletion fails.

[yiannos]

Thanks for your reply.

I am sure I delete the directories as I am the root user of my server and hence using the well-known rm -rf command 

As I could not solve this problem, I have setup the site again from the beginning so no rush. But I suspect there is a problem when we try to install DOCman after we have changed the default template. In my case, I installed the known from Joomla "Madeyourweb" template (the full one downloaded from their site) and afterwards I could not install DOCman. It only worked when I went the other way rpund and installed DOCman first and the template afterwards. Switching the template to-and-from default did not have any effect.

[eliasan]

Hi yiannos,

Sorry, but I cannot find any logical connection between the use of a specific template and your problem with DOCMan. There is no sharing point between the two addons.

Although logic states that, I would like to ask you to verify your findings by trying for another time your first installation path (Install first the template and then the DOCMan).

[yiannos]

OK I did the test. Heres my log:

1. make a test dir and database (mysql)
2. unzip Elxis 2006.3 into test dir and run installation scripts
3. Upload and install Madeyourweb-ext template from site-templates menu
4. Make template default
5. Go to components installer and installed com_docman4elxis_1.3.zip

The procedure worked fine as you said Eliasan. Something else must be the problem.

I apologize for the wrong information.