JFolder::create: Could not create directory - Joomla

Question

I end up with below error when I try to install a component,module or plugin.

JFolder::create: Could not create directory

What could be th

Answer 1

You can change the owner of Joomla folders to your apache server user.

You can find the apache server user with the following command:

ps aux | grep -v root | grep apache | cut -d\  -f1 | sort | uniq

Source: https://serverfault.com/questions/125865/finding-out-what-user-apache-is-running-as

For Ubuntu, it's www-data.

After you know the apache user name, then you can change the owner of all the folders and files of your Joomla installation. You can use the following command to do so:

(I suppose that your apache user is www-data)

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/your/joomla

If you are already inside your Joomla directory, then you can run the following command:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .