Error Installing Security Patches

[anthonycorbett]

I am having trouble installing the two security patches SUPEE-5344 and SUPEE-1533

Using PuTTY with root access I keep getting this error:
"ERROR: "/root/app/etc/" must exist for proper tool work"

The directory app/etc exists in my magento installation so is there anything within this folder that might be missing?

Currently these files exist within the app/etc/ directory:

modules (directory)
.DS_Store
config.xml
local.xml
local.xml.additional
local.xml.template

My apologies if this is a novice question, I'm not very familiar with using SSH nor installing security patches.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Cipriano · Accepted solution]

Using PuTTY with root access I keep getting this error:
"ERROR: "/root/app/etc/" must exist for proper tool work"
 
The directory app/etc exists in my magento installation so is there anything within this folder that might be missing?

Hi Anthony,

It seems like you're running the patch from your homedirectory ("/root/"), and not from the folder where your Magento is installed. Try downloading the patch and running it from your main Magento folder, and it should install.

[anthonycorbett]

Brilliant! That was the problem, the patches have now applied successfully.

Thanks for your quick reply. Much appreciated!
Anthony.

[astraantiques]

Hi,

I have received the very same message from Magento and proceeded to Download the files.

However - this is kind of where my knowledge ends with Magento.

I can access my root directory - via Filezilla and CPanel.

But in terms of running the "folder where your Magento is installed. Try downloading the patch and running it from your main Magento folder, and it should install."

I honestly have no idea where that is.

My apologies also if this is a stupid question - but if anyone can point me in the right direction I would be most grateful.

[smg1965]

I too am having this problem using Putty even though I am in the root directory of the installation.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks in advance.

[annuncispot]

Hy, i've installed patch 5344, but now when i open magento homepage on my local installation, i see blank page.. 

I've installed Magento CE 1.9.1.0 and patch 5344 ( Magento-CE-v1.8.x-1.9.x (0.01 MB)).

What could be the problem?

[kacu]

As I try to install teh patch 5344 at 1.8 I recive this:

ERROR: Patch can't be applied/reverted successfully.
patching file app/code/core/Mage/Admin/Model/Observer.php
patching file app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Request/Http.php
Hunk #2 succeeded at 537 (offset -4 lines).
patching file app/code/core/Mage/Oauth/controllers/Adminhtml/Oauth/AuthorizeController.php
patching file app/code/core/Mage/XmlConnect/Model/Observer.php
patching file lib/Varien/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Mysql.php
Hunk #1 FAILED at 2834.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file lib/Varien/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Mysql.php.rej

Can anybody help to solve it?

[laurentiuz]

I'm haveing the same problem

Error: "/app/etc" must exist for proper tool work.

I am running it from the install folder...

I am using XAMPP, and trying to install the two patches in localhost.

[Victor Origanes]

Same problem 

[wmullis]

I don't know why Magento cannot offer an option of a zip file with the updated files.