Installation gets stuck on "initializing admin files"
By Erik Bogaert on Tuesday, 22 May 2018
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Trying to install easyblog on my laptop.
I'm using XAMPP with mysql that goes with it.
Joomla is latest version 3.8.7

There is an upload limit so i extracted the .zip file in the /tmp folder and performed the install from a directory.
Initial install goes ok,
but then it gets stuck at "initializing admin files"
database seems to be completed as there are quite a lot of easyblog tables.

Before you ask i dont think i can give FTP access as it's on my local laptop.
Attached screenshot shows the administrator/components/com_easyblog directory.
for the site the directory also exists but is empty.
Hi Erik,

I would strongly advice against extracting the zip file manually as the process may be more complicated.

If you use the launcher installer, which you can try again, EasyBlog can be installed without worrying about the upload limit and no need to extract the files manually.

But if you are using the full installer, these are the parameters you can increase from xampp's php.ini: upload_max_filesize, post_max_size
Raymond
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Tuesday, 22 May 2018 10:54
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Have increased filesize upload to 25M, max post to 0 so no limit, number of files to upload max 200
now it seems to install the admin part,
but it gets stuck on the " Initializing Site Files "
the directory for the component for the site remains empty.

Full install gets stuck on " Initializing Admin Files "
installation from directory also gets stuck on " Initializing Admin Files "
Launcer gets stuck on " Initializing Site Files "

What else can i look at ?
Erik Bogaert
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Thursday, 24 May 2018 08:03
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Hey Erik,

You can try check the directory permissions to make sure they are not restricting the installer from copying.

But in any case, it's quite difficult to determine the issue without access to the site.

Is it possible to temporarily make the site live so I can access and troubleshoot it?
Raymond
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Thursday, 24 May 2018 10:39
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Got it,
problem seems to be the length of the directory structure in my development environment.
http://localhost/EclipsePHP_Workspaces/ErikBogaertOpleidingen/Website_Rijinstructeur_LocalTesting_1/LocalJoomlaSite/administrator/index.php?option=com_installer&view=install

I did a quick install in a much shorter directory and that went fine.

Is there an actual limitation ?
Max length / number of characters
Any way of getting it installed anyhow ?
( doens't have to be pretty )
Erik Bogaert
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Friday, 25 May 2018 01:19
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Renamed a long directory to a few characters,
then installed easyblog
then renamed the directory back to its long name.

Everything seems to work ok.
I know, i know, "broke the label, lost the guarantees".
Erik Bogaert
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Friday, 25 May 2018 02:52
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Hey Erik,

I believe the path length is more of a Windows limitation(about 260 characters).

You can google the following terms for further details(windows path length limitation).

Anyway, glad to know that you managed to install EasyBlog.
Raymond
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Friday, 25 May 2018 11:28
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