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Questions about the Magento Connect platform. For questions specific about the Magento Connect Manager in the admin panel, you can add the "downloader" tag.

Magento has the built-in functionality to install additional modules from Magento Commerce. Basically all we need is the extension's key or package and the script will install it.

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To use or not to use Magento connect...that is the question

A new "difference in opinions" has started on twitter. A a few high valued developers are starting to remove their extensions from Magento Connect on the reason that non-technical people should not install extensions. Other developers don't agree…
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What Version of Magento CE adopted Magento Connect 2.0?

What's the first version of Magento Community edition to ship with a Magento Connect 2.0, and what's the general history of this feature? That is, to download an extension from Magento Connect you need to choose a Magento Connect 1.0 or 2.0…
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Installing Connect 2.0 extensions via SSH

How do I install a Connect 2.0 extension to my local development box without using the /downloader UI? How can I script this in a deployment routine?
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Magento Connect Manager Connect Error: Fail to open a file

I'm using Magento Community on my Win8.1 with Apache2. I've been using Magento Connect Manager install a lot of plugins. I'm trying to install M2E Pro today and I got a problem, which is the error below: " Checking dependencies of packages Starting…
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Magento connect cant install extension but manual install works

I am trying to install a magento extension via connect and i keep getting the following error. CONNECT ERROR: Package file is invalid './app/etc' already exists If i unzip the extension i can easily do a manual install and it works perfectly. Did…
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Broken PHP files of my extension after installation

I created my extension for Magento 1.9. It works on my localhost. Packed it using Magento Package Extensions. Uploaded it to Magento Connect. Created new empty shop with Magento 1.9. Install module. And get these errors: Warning: Unexpected…
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is there a way to rebuild /downloader/cache.cfg?

I have quite a messy installation on hand, that i would like to clean up. the original installation has been updated and the package information in Magento Connect don't mirror the actual content of the installation. I now want to remove some…
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Magento Connect Manager not updated?

I installed some updates for extensions manually and they work as expected. Looking at the Connect Manager still shows the old version. Why is that? I cleared the cache, so that can be the problem. The same is true vor Magento version updates. If I…
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Magento Connect: extension submission still "Submitted" in status

I have submitted extensions to Magento Connect. Some approved but some extensions are still Submitted in status more than 10 days. Extensions created by UMC by @marius
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Magento Commerce connection from webshop

netstat tells me there is connection from/to (?) magentocommerce, for instance: tcp 0 0 server_ip:49737 server_ip:80 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 server_ip:39654 66.211.190.109:80 TIME_WAIT - tcp …
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Transfer Extension to Another Account

I've written an extension for a customer, who now wishes it to be transferred to their Magento developer account. Have looked around and nothing comes up readily in Google; anyone give me some pointers on how to do this? Thanks.
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Manually Uninstall Extension

I have manually uninstalled an extension, but cant figure out the last part Removed the Db Tables Removed all traces from magento core tables Removed the Design, skin, app, app/etc files Removed from var/package Flushed the cache The extension is…
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I need a way to create a handling fee that is a percentage of an an item

I have a client that needs a a handling fee of 14% of every item that a person purchases. I have exhausted any further options to figure this out via magento connect. Anyone have any Ideas?
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Invalid Post Data - Magento Connect

When I press on proceed I got this error on Magento Connect : Invalid Post Data How can I fix it ? Directory Permission ?
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magento connect manager not showing installed extensions

I am unable to see any extension installed in magento in Magento Connect Manager. Can someone help?
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