I have created custom component and a route plugin for Joomla 1.5 to to provide SEO URLs for my component and also articles and categories which are not menu tied. Now I have to install my component and route plugin separately. Is there a way to install both in one package please?
Thank you in advance! Vojtech
When any extension installed Joomla triggers an event 'com_yourcomponent_install()' to your install file, which you have mentioned in xml file.
write a function com_yourcomponent_install in which get the path of plugin folder and install it
$installer = new JInstaller();
// Install the packages
$installer->install($pluginPath);
For example
- in you xml file install.mycomponent.php
- and in install.mycomponent.php there should be a function com_mycomponent_install()
this function will contain the code as
$installer = new JInstaller(); // Install the packages $installer->install($pluginPath);
There is a easier method.
What is a package?
A package is a extension that is used to install multiple extensions in one go.
How do I create a package?
A package extension is created by zipping all zip files of the extensions together with a xml manifest file. For example if you have a package composed by:
- component helloworld
- module helloworld
- library helloworld
- system plugin helloworld
- template helloworld
The package should have the following tree in your zipfile:
-- pkg_helloworld.xml
-- packages <dir>
|-- com_helloworld.zip
|-- mod_helloworld.zip
|-- lib_helloworld.zip
|-- plg_sys_helloworld.zip
|-- tpl_helloworld.zip
The pkg_helloworld.xml could have the following contents:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<extension type="package" version="1.6">
<name>Hello World Package</name>
<author>Hello World Package Team</author>
<creationDate>May 2012</creationDate>
<packagename>helloworld</packagename>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<url>http://www.yoururl.com/</url>
<packager>Hello World Package Team</packager>
<packagerurl>http://www.yoururl.com/</packagerurl>
<description>Example package to combine multiple extensions</description>
<update>http://www.updateurl.com/update</update>
<files folder="packages">
<file type="component" id="helloworld" >com_helloworld.zip</file>
<file type="module" id="helloworld" client="site">mod_helloworld.zip</file>
<file type="library" id="helloworld">lib_helloworld.zip</file>
<file type="plugin" id="helloworld" group="system">plg_sys_helloworld.zip</file>
<file type="template" id="helloworld" client="site">tpl_helloworld.zip</file>
</files>
</extension>
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8543857/how-to-install-component-and-route-plugin-in-one-package