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Wordpress permission problem

Posted on October 25, 2014

Hi

I get this when i try to install a new plugin:

Installs additions: BuddyPress 2.1.1

Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress.2.1.1.zip

Unpacking the package …

Unable to create directory.

I dont know what its wrong but i think it is some sort of permission problem. But i cannot get it right. Can someone help me?



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