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#13127 Akeeba Update: Unable to open archive

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 14 August 2012 01:16 CDT

trlbldr
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
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Joomla! version: (unknown) 2.5.6
PHP version: (unknown) 5.3
MySQL version: (unknown) 5.1
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Akeeba Backup version: (unknown) 3.6.1

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Description of my issue:
Since I upgraded to Akeeba Professional and Admin Tools Professional, I have not been able to run an update directly from either application. I download the updates from SDN or the Akeeba site and install them and all is fine. But, why do I keep getting a message that says: "Unable to open archive..."?

Of course I added my ID to the Options in both Akeeba and AdminTools.

Thanks.

Don White

Don White

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hi Don,

Hm, this sounds like you've used the wrong Download ID. Please take a look at our instructions and use them to re-enter your Download ID in Akeeba Backup and Admin Tools.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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trlbldr
I had used the serial number received when I purchased the Pro upgrades. But, changing the Download ID to the number in the instructions has not changed anything, either. Perhaps that's due to the session setting. It may clear up after the sessions are refreshed.

Don White

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Having updated all of my sites (including this one) using Admin Tools' Live Update I don't think it's a problem with Live Update or the CDN. When you get the error message you mention it means that either the Download ID is wrong or the transfer of the installation archive fails. I've never seen the latter happening but I have seen the former happening all the time. Can you please check that you have not copied any spaces, dots or other characters before/after the Download ID?

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

trlbldr
Okay, Nicholas. I've checked the download ID again and it was good. However, I was having problems with the Restore Points element when updating software. So, I uninstalled AdminTools & Akeeba Backup, switched the PHP version to 5.3 (from 5.2), and reinstalled the extensions. So, I'll close this and wait for the next updates to see how things go.

Thanks very much for your consideration and assistance!!

Don White

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome, Don!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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