How to update the Spanish language files manually from the Extension Manager of Joomla 2.5 –

It is true that updating Joomla and extensions in Joomla 2.5 and 3.0 Now it’s easier and faster! although it was not always like that and the update process went through a more manual method and consequently something else tedious or uncomfortablemainly for those who are not very immersed in Joomla and backend maintenance tasks.

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Joomla 1.6/1.7 and much more advanced Joomla 2.5 and 3.0 have been incorporating many improvements in this regard, allowing expert or initiated users to maintain Joomla “up to date” without this involving going through numerous download sites to locate the update packages that we need.

Adding to this the need to be more aware of the updates released by the different developers, which sometimes significantly increases the time that must be spent on maintenance and updating of the Joomla core, templates and third-party extensions … and If you add to this /n websites to maintain, calculate the time this involves in maintenance or support costs if you have it outsourced.

The Update Manager of Joomla has managed to combine information with action and in such a way that we can, as soon as we access the back endknow if there are updates to the core or extensions and we can update in just a few clicks without losing the effectiveness of the website or having to leave it for maintenance.v

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Although it is recommended, before proceeding with update tasks, to make a backup by any of the following usual methods:

  • By using the Akeeba Backup component.
  • By using the XCloner component.
  • From the Hosting Panel (WePanel/Plesk, etc.), manually in Files, Backups, Full Backup, Download or Generate a Full Backup that will ask you for an email where it will notify you that it has been done and you can later download it to your PC by accessing Files, Backups, Full Backup and then delete it from your WePanel, File Manager, by navigating to the path above /public_html.

In the article published in this Blog we already discussed the update of the JoomlArt T3 framework and we saw through the video that accompanies said article how “manually” update some extensions from this developer from the Extensions Manager, Update and that can give us an idea that this type of update is always more recommended to be done individually and gradually until the “core” (core) of Joomla and the extensions of third-party developers are kept up to date.

In the case that concerns us in this article, the problem focuses on the Spanish language file update (es-ES) from the Joomla Update Managerwhich returns the following error (not in all cases and not on all servers):

JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find XML configuration file

Update path does not exist

JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find XML configuration file

Unable to detect manifest file

Although the solution should go through the cache cleaning of update packages and subsequent reloading or search for updates to be able to update properly, some extensions or language files (as in this case) do not always allow the correct update.

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It should be noted that the normal thing is that the server has the security policy enabled that allows the update of extensions from the Extension Manager, Update, of the backend.

In this case, the recommendation remains the same as in the previous article, after the backupwe download the update file manually and proceed to install it from the Extension ManagerInstall.

We will use the same file from the official repository that we can download from the following link for the version that corresponds to the one requested by the backend updater.

For example, for version es-ES 2.5.9.1 the file corresponds: .

In the following video you can see that this process, of just a few minutes, is sometimes more practical, while it is resolved, if the underlying problem that prevents the correct update from the Update Manager.

Those extensions that require prior registration, are paid, or the obtaining process goes through certain prior authentications on the author’s site, it is better update them manually or through the extension if it allows it, as is the case with Akeeba Backup, JCE, CSVI and the like.

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