I recently tried to install VirtueMart 1.1.2 complete package to a Joomla 1.0.15 website. I unpacked the files and tried to install the 2MB (approx.) component, then bang! I got this error “Failed to move uploaded file to /media directory”. I tried changing the /media folder’s permission to 777 but it didn’t work.

So I searched the internet for other solutions. They said we could try changing the maximum upload size parameter in PHP but it didn’t work for them so I didn’t try it.

In the end, I realized that I should have checked the VirtueMart manual in the first place. I found an alternative installation procedure in the manual, tried it, and presto, it worked!

In the manual under section 2.2.4 Automatic Installation, it says:

Alternative: You can unpack the contents of ‘com_virtuemart_1.1.x.zip‘ and upload those files to a directory in your Joomla! site (e.g /media or /tmp) using an FTP client. After you’ve done that, specify the directory on the server from where you want to install the files and click ‘Install‘.

Now this part is usually overlooked. And the last sencence in the procedure is not clearly explained. So check out the procedure below on how to do these.

  1. Unpack the contents of ‘com_virtuemat_1.1.x.zip’
  2. Upload the files to /media or /tmp folder using your FTP client.
  3. At your Administrator-> Installers->Components page, specify the direct location of the /media or /tmp folder (depends on where you uploaded) in the “Install directory:” field, as shown in the graphic below. The <user> keyword is the user account. A complete path is already specified there, you’d just have to edit the last part.
  4. Click Install and you’re finished.
VirtueMart installation in Joomla after uploading unpacked files to /media folder

VirtueMart installation in Joomla after uploading unpacked files to /media folder


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