Title: Installation Error – PCLZIP_ERR_MISSING_FILE on Plugin Update
Last modified: October 22, 2024

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# Installation Error – PCLZIP_ERR_MISSING_FILE on Plugin Update

 *  Resolved [Changezi Khan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/changezik42/)
 * (@changezik42)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-pclzip_err_missing_file-on-plugin-update/)
 * Hello,
   I’m encountering an issue when trying to install or update the UpdraftPlus
   plugin on my WordPress site. Every time I attempt the installation, it fails,
   and I receive the following error:
 * `PCLZIP_ERR_MISSING_FILE (-4): Missing archive file /tmp/updraftplus.1.24.6.zip`
 * It seems that the plugin gets deleted or is not fully installed during the process.
   I’ve tried multiple times but keep running into this error.
 * Could someone please guide me on how to resolve this?
 * Thank you in advance.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.ibb.co/wy6QGf7/Whats-App-Image-2024-10-10-at-09-35-07-
   cc919602.jpg?ssl=1)
    -  This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/).
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 *  Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/)
 * (@vupdraft)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-pclzip_err_missing_file-on-plugin-update/#post-18088495)
 * Can you check how much space you have on your hosting account.
 * Whenever I have experienced this sort of issue before it has always been down
   to not having enough hosting quota.
 *  Thread Starter [Changezi Khan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/changezik42/)
 * (@changezik42)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-pclzip_err_missing_file-on-plugin-update/#post-18089318)
 * Everything is fine with disk usage and available space. Some of my friend suggested,
   it’s because temp folder permission issue. But that is not the issue. other thing
   are being written and read without any problem.
 *  Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/)
 * (@vupdraft)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-pclzip_err_missing_file-on-plugin-update/#post-18089383)
 * Can you try the following
    1. Go to Your wp-content folder. You can access the wp-content folder by using 
       a file manager on your hosting or using FTP. The location will be domain/wp-
       content (where domain is the website domain name)
    2. When you are in wp-content create new folder under wp-content and call it temp.
    3. Download your wp-config file from your server to your computer. This is just
       in case you make a mistake and have a backup which you can quickly restore. 
       Open the wp-config file and search for the following line of code.
 * _if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’) ) define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(**FILE**) . ‘/’);_
    4. Add following line of code after that line.
 * ****/_Set WordPress temporary directory / define(‘WP\_TEMP\_DIR’, ABSPATH . ‘
   wp-content/temp’);_**
    5. Save the wp-config.php file. If you edited it on your PC upload it to the website

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 * Last activity: [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-pclzip_err_missing_file-on-plugin-update/#post-18089383)
 * Status: resolved