cannot install ad-ons in xampp or remote server

I used bitami to install modx on xampp. It will allow me to get as far as downloading but fails with this error.
Could not download package at: http://modx.s3.amazonaws.com/extras/4d556bc5b2b083396d0007e9/tinymce-4.3.3-pl.transport.zip
Error log
pl.transport.zip?revolution_version=Revolution-2.3.2-pl
[2015-01-06 09:01:58] (ERROR @ /modx/connectors/index.php) MODX could not download the file. You must enable allow_url_fopen, cURL or fsockopen to use remote transport packaging.
[2015-01-06 09:01:58] (ERROR @ /modx/connectors/index.php) Could not download package at: http://modx.s3.amazonaws.com/extras/4d556bc5b2b083396d0007e9/tinymce-4.3.3-pl.transport.zip

On the server, extras > installers produces a blank screen and no error log?

Is it still a problem? Sometimes the repository is down temporarily. I'm not having any problems accessing it from localhost or remote servers at this moment.

Quote from: sottwell at Jan 06, 2015, 02:16 AM

Is it still a problem? Sometimes the repository is down temporarily. I'm not having any problems accessing it from localhost or remote servers at this moment.

Still a problem connectors folder is missing from localhost?

Check your localhost PHP to make sure it does have cURL enabled.

Quote from: sottwell at Jan 06, 2015, 01:42 PM

Check your localhost PHP to make sure it does have cURL enabled.

Already done that

I forgot to allow xampp permissions to run in windows firewall dialogue box!!!
Now to sort out server

Done an advanced install on server which worked. I do not think I like these scripts that do it for you?

You might have to turn off UAC and antivirus also. I've had problems running XAMPP on Windows also, but I haven't tried Bitnami. I've also had cases where the site was fine in XAMPP, but live server was different.

I had a great time with Bitnami's full MODX stack on a USB stick on my Mac, everything worked fine. I can't say about the Windows version, though. https://wiki.bitnami.com/Applications/Bitnami_MODX

Quote from: wemyssweb at Jan 08, 2015, 02:22 PM

Done an advanced install on server which worked. I do not think I like these scripts that do it for you?

Glad to hear you got it sorted. Are you referring to the MODX install script, or XAMPP?

MODX has always installed well for me, and I just thought it was something about being on Windows (non server) that it wouldn't always install extras properly. Then I installed Drupal Commons, and after struggling to get that to work at all including re-installing XAMPP with fire wall, anti-virus and UAC turned off, and making changes to the XAMPP php and mysql ini files, I discovered MODX extras now download and install fine.

On my Linux machine, I was unable to install XAMPP at all, but had no difficulty installing a LAMP stack server.

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