Title: Failed Plugin Installation
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Failed Plugin Installation

 *  [ClintWaycaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clintwaycaster/)
 * (@clintwaycaster)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/failed-plugin-installation/)
 * I recently installed WordPress on a new server. I am getting all kinds of error
   messages now!
 * Here is the Error Message:
 * Downloading install package from [http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/jetpack-gplus-provider.0.1.zip…](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/jetpack-gplus-provider.0.1.zip…)
 * Warning: touch() [function.touch]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script
   whose uid is 5844 is not allowed to access /tmp owned by uid 0 in /vweb/vx/vx650082/
   wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 177
 * Warning: unlink() [function.unlink]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script
   whose uid is 5844 is not allowed to access /tmp owned by uid 0 in /vweb/vx/vx650082/
   wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 489
 * Download failed. Destination directory for file streaming does not exist or is
   not writable.
 * Please help me? What should I do?

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 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/failed-plugin-installation/#post-2333270)
 * your host doesn’t allow the web server to access the /tmp directory
 *  [RichardWPG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardwpg/)
 * (@richardwpg)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/failed-plugin-installation/#post-2333284)
 * It’ll be good if you let your host know about the situation that you faced and
   see if they can provide the necessary support or not.

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/failed-plugin-installation/#post-2333284)
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