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Reputation: 37

Joomla 3.1.4 ,JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find Joomla XML setup file,error

I have setup already joomla 3.1.4 and I tried to install a plugin,But Im getting this error: JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find Joomla XML setup file

This is my xml file:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE install PUBLIC "-//Joomla! 1.5//DTD template 1.0//EN" "http://www.joomla.org/xml/dtd/1.5/template-install.dtd">
    <extension version="3.1" type="plugin" group="content" client="myjoomlasite">
        <name>plg_content_helloworld</name>
        <author>Tahsin Çetin</author>
        <creationDate>July 27th,2013</creationDate>
        <copyright>Tahsin Çetin</copyright>
        <licence>GNU General Public License</licence>
        <authorEmail>[email protected]</authorEmail>
        <authorUrl>http://tahsincetin.com</authorUrl>
        <version>1.1.0</version>
        <description>Simple Hello World plugin</description>
        <files>
            <filename plugin="helloworld">helloworld.php</filename>
            <filename>index.html</filename>
            <filename>helloworld.xml</filename>
        </files>
    </extension>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9975

Answers (4)

Eoin
Eoin

Reputation: 1515

Generally when this happens something is wrong with the XML file. If you have made any changes, try to think where those changes were and find a problem with the XML file.

Problems could be:

  • No opening or closing tag. Closing tags are easy to miss. Count them, make sure there's an opening and a closing tag.
  • Duplicated tags. It's easy to add two labels or showons for example, especially if you are copying and pasting.
  • Space before the opening XML tag
  • No closing fieldset tag
  • No closing extension or config tag. Easily deleted if you are replacing the file

You can easily use a tool like this:

https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp

Which will help you to find issues such as missing opening and closing tags.

Upvotes: -1

Michael
Michael

Reputation: 992

In your opening <extension> tag, you do not need to specify a client attribute.

Where is the XML file in relation to your ZIP package? If it isn't at the top level of the ZIP, it won't be found.

Upvotes: 1

Irfan
Irfan

Reputation: 7059

You do not need to specify "helloworld.xml" in your xml file.Remove file and install again.This will be your final xml file-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>       
    <extension version="3.1" type="plugin" group="content" client="myjoomlasite">
        <name>plg_content_helloworld</name>
        <author>Tahsin Çetin</author>
        <creationDate>July 27th,2013</creationDate>
        <copyright>Tahsin Çetin</copyright>
        <licence>GNU General Public License</licence>
        <authorEmail>[email protected]</authorEmail>
        <authorUrl>http://tahsincetin.com</authorUrl>
        <version>1.1.0</version>
        <description>Simple Hello World plugin</description>
        <files>
            <filename plugin="helloworld">helloworld.php</filename>
            <filename>index.html</filename>                
        </files>
    </extension>

Hope this will help.

Upvotes: 3

Techie
Techie

Reputation: 45124

The "Cannot find Joomla XML setup file" usually means you are trying to install an extension that wasn't designed for the version of Joomla you are installing to.

Read more here

Upvotes: 1

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