Wordpress: Installation failed: Could not create directory. 'all-in-one-wp-migration' [even with CHMOD 777]

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Information:

Using: Wordpress: 4.9.7

System: Mac

Server: Vagrant: Ubuntu/trusty64

So I am rather new to development so please forgive me if this is basic.

I am trying to install the plugin: WP- All in One migration however I keep getting the error:

Wordpress: Installation failed: Could not create directory. 'all-in-one-wp-migration'

In terminal I used:

 $ chmod -R a+rwx *

And gave every folder full permissions. If I right click and check permissions the plugins folder has Read, Write and Execute for everyone yet I am still getting the error.

All the other responses and posts for this keep saying it is a Chmod error which as you can see is not the case.

Is there any other reason I would not be able to download a plugin to my local machine and install it?

Edit: Tried uploading ZIP in dashboard and getting problem with where child folders created are not getting parents permission.

Ok, for some reason when I upload the plugin from the dashboard into the uploads folder I get canot create /uploads/2018/08

so I go into the uploads folder and there is

- Uploads
-- 2018

however, 2018 does not have the correct permissions. So I set it and then run the install again. It creates:

- Uploads
-- 2018
---- 08

but then 08 does not have the correct permissions.

It seems new folders are not acquiring the parents permissions. Is there a setting for this?

Thanks

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2 Answers

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I suspect you have not got owner and mount options set up in vagrant.

In your vagrant folder, open your Vagrantfile.

You should see a line like:

config.vm.synced_folder "local/folder", "/var/www/"

Do you see a line beginning with:

owner: "www-data"

underneath that line???, if not, follow these steps:

Add a ',' after that line and then on a new line underneath add:

owner: "www-data", group: "www-data", :mount_options => ['dmode=777','fmode=777']

now in Terminal head to the vagrant home folder and run:

$ vagrant reload

Does that help?

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If you are using a mac .execute these two line on terminal. 

sudo chgrp -R _www /Path to your app directory

sudo chmod -R g+rw /Path to your app directory