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#12714 Joomla 1.5 and Akeeba Backup Professional 3.2.7

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Latest post by RedEvo on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:56 CDT

Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:45 CDT

RedEvo
Mandatory information about my setup:

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Description of my issue:

I've installed Akeeba Backup Professional 3.2.7 on a Joomla 1.5 site (there seems to be conflicting info on your site about versions for Joomla 1.5). The component shows an update is available (to version 3.5.2) but this can't be installed reporting:

ERRORNOTFINDJOOMLAXMLSETUPFILE
Invalid package type. The update can not proceed.

Please advise the correct version for Joomla 1.5.

thanks

d

Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:48 CDT

nicholas
There is no conflicting information. The correct version for Joomla! 1.5 depends on your PHP version. I have a handy matrix here: https://www.akeebabackup.com/compatibility.html

Regarding Akeeba Backup 3.5.x, as you can see in the matrix and read in all of our release announcements (and the release description in the download page) it is for Joomla! 2.5 only.


Why do older versions report there's an update available even if it's not supported? This has to do with the Live Update system in use by our software. Older versions of Live Update were not aware of Joomla! version compatibility of available versions of our components, therefore they would report any available newer version as an update you have to install. Changing that required a major change in Live Update and our update server. The change made it in Akeeba Backup 3.5.0 and our other components released after that date. Unfortunately older versions' Live Update code cannot be updated for obvious objective reasons. Releasing updates for older Joomla! versions is also not an option, as it would cause several issues on Joomla! 2.5 sites. Therefore you just have to make sure that you have the latest available release designed for your Joomla! version, as per our Version Compatibility page at https://www.akeebabackup.com/compatibility.html and ignore Live Update's prompts for updating Akeeba Backup.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:56 CDT

RedEvo
Thanks :)

d

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