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i have installed drupal 7.39 for my website but it had some issues. I have included the error message here. Anyone please help me out
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Cannot install/uninstall Drupal 7 module

I'm trying to install a modified version of the Rules HTTP Client module. But the problem is that I cannot install this because when I try to it tells me that "Rules HTTP Client" already installed.
So I tried to disable and uninstall the module first. I disabled it but then it is not listed in the uninstall tab.
I do not have access to the server on which the Drupal site is hosted so everything I do has to be through the admin dashboard on the site.
Previously I could just install a module and it would override the already installed module. Is there a way to uninstall this Rules HTTP Client module? And does anyone know why when disabled it does not show in the uninstall tab?
If the non-modified version doesn't appear in the uninstall tab, that's because it is already uninstalled or marked as uninstalled in database (you can check the schema_version in the system table, set to -1 means uninstalled).
However, the previous sources are probably still there and the former .info file in this case need to be removed or at least commented out depending on how you can access the server.

Drupal 7 rebuild_menu, drupal crashed after module installation

I just installed the module "Date" and after enabling drupal gave me the error: Enable Date API first, so i enabled the Date API and then the Date module and now drupal crashed and it says "Page not found" and i dont have any menu in the admin panel.
Menu rebuild does not work, i created an script for it without result
Restore from your most recent backup which you should have made before installing a new module. ( Note:Drupal is not for amateurs, despite what they say. Drupal does not have professional governance, like say Wordpress, and that makes it relatively demanding for the inexperienced. With Drupal you really need to be sit next to a helpful pro for a year.)
Check that the version of PHP , Drupal, MySQL and the Date module are all compatible. This is work, BTW. If not compatible, then reinstall where necessary and cross your fingers.
Check for known issues by Googling something like or based on "Drupal 7 Date module". Drupal 7 is old and issues that have arisen with so-called compatible modules may be well-documented.
I fixed it by restoring my sql backup. Not a good fix but yea...

An error occurred while updating (Plugin Name): Update package not available

As you can probably tell by the title, I am having trouble with updating a plugin via my WordPress CMS dashboard. Here's there error code:
An error occurred while updating MotoPress Content Editor: Update package not available.
It told me this, so I proceeded to delete the plugin via FTP and reinstall. It reinstalled the old version for some reason. How can I get the latest?
Most likely license key is not activated for your plugin. You can get you license key and control website activation at your personal account https://www.getmotopress.com/my-account/
Also you can download latest version of plugin at your account and install it via Dashboard>Plugins>Add New>Upload (do not forget to remove currently installed plugin before installing latest version)

Drupal Modules can no longer Enable/Disable

Drupal 7.21/7.22
I am testing drupal out so I can be considered a newbie.
I have downloaded and install at least a dozen modules enabled them disabled them and all was well until today. I downloaded the References module and soon realized it could not be enabled. It is not specific to this module. No modules can be enabled/disabled.
No error messages.
No log messages.
All dependencies are enabled.
Status report okay.
SimpleTest Enable/Disable Modules did not highlighted any issues.
I upgraded to 7.22, i rebooted the server but nothing helps.
There is almost nothing on the web about this issue so it might be my configuration but I do not know how to debug/isolate this issue.
TIA

Is There A Way To Install Unstable Version of Plugin via Built-in Plugin Installer

I'm wondering if there is a way to install an unstable version of a published plugin.
Let's say I updated my plugin version 1.0 to 1.1.
Then I put Stable tag: 1.0 in the readme.txt file so that everyone downloads the stable version v1.0.
Now my question is that if I want to test the unstable version on one of the remote servers, isn't it possible to install v1.1 with the built-in plugin installer?
I'm currently doing this way:
deactivate the old version
delete the plugin
upload the unstable version
activate it.
If the updating process could be shorten this way, it would really save my time.
search and find the plugin name to install in the Add New page.
click on the unstable version link.
Thanks for your information.
I'm not sure that this is the answer you are looking for but...
I was running into the same issue and instead what I have chosen to do is actually edit my plug-in on a "test-bed" site. I have a site that I test all of my modifications on before publishing and I access the files directly via FileZilla FTP Client.
This allows me to take the most up to date file from the server, edit it on my machine (using Notepad++) and upload the change to the server for testing. If it breaks the site in some way I can always re-upload the original via FTP and everything is back online.
Hope this helps!

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