[wp-hackers] plugin installs failing: "Could not create directory. /wp-content"

[William Davis]

Scott,
This looks to be a permissions problem. Make sure your wp-content and  
plugins folders have the correct permissions (try 775).

Will

William P. Davis
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On Nov 8, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Scott R. Godin wrote:

> Howdy plugin gurus,
>
> This just recently started happening, with both http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/qoate-simple-code-snippets.zip
> and
> http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/syntax-highlighter-compress.zip
>
> both of which refused to install (tho I do not think it's directly  
> related to either of these plugins, myself) either via the interface  
> or manual upload to the interface, resulting in :
>
> 	Downloading install package from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/qoate-simple-code-snippets.zip 
> …
>
> 	Unpacking the package…
>
> 	Could not create directory. /wp-content
>
> 	Actions: Return to Plugin Installer
>
> (of course if I simply unzip the folder and manually ftp/rsync it to  
> the server it works fine)
>
> I tried disabling every other active plugin and retrying the install  
> (earlier installs worked just fine) but the result is the same. What  
> could have changed to cause this, and how do I fix it?
>
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