Concerning the error message, I can not read it (duch, german, ???)
I think it say it can not copy.

If the installation fail on the slave, Joomla will remove the file that it is trying to install.
This may explain why the master does not work after this error.

Can you send me the extension that you try to install or give me the URL where I can download it.

Hi,

thanks for looking into this for me! the error is indeed in Dutch . It says something like that it cannot copy the extension over the Administrator folder, which is in fact symlinked to the master and therefore already present.

I was trying ccboard since kanuna is 1.0 native only for now and agora was a bit too much for our intentions with many stats showing at the forum (which cannot be turned off) and confusing our users who merely want three or four threads without statistics, counters ,etc.

ccboard appears more simple, plus it has a dutch translation that is why I was trying it

this is the link:
codeclassic.org/the-downloads/joomla-ext...tin-board-forum.html

i could still use another extension if it needs be.

thank you again,
stefan

I have been been able to install ccboard on a windows plaform with success.
On a Unix platform, I am able to reproduce the problem you have described.

On the windows platform, I have been able to see that the configuration file is saved on the disk and therefore a patch is required to have a specific configuration for each slave site.

I continue the investigation to identify the reason why on the Unix platform, I have this "copy" error message and not on a Windows platform.

super! thanks for helping.

I have found the origin of the problem.
This is a bug introduced in Joomla 1.5.10 and that does not exisits in Joomla 1.5.9.

In Joomla 1.5.10, when there is an empty "installfile" or "uninstallfile" in the manifest file, they try to replicate it event when there is nothing. In fact it tries to replicate a file that have a name of a folder.
Have a look in the error message and you will see that the path end with "/"
Example: com_ccboard_1_1_RC/

The solution consist in modifying the cc_board manifest file present in the zip to remove the empty entries.

If you don't want to change the manifest file, you can also use Joomla 1.5.9

Problem reported by other person in the Joomla bug tracker.
See joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker...racker_item_id=15701

They have fixed it in a source that you can find their SVN
See joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/scmsvn/...p&revision=11788

well downgrading to 1.5.9 was not really an option for us since all our sites are running 1.5.10 andI didnt really dare hacking the manifest file of ccboard. So in order to deliver a forum to this site I just went for Agora after all and this seemed to have worked okay for now.

thanks,
stefan