Installation of h5p on Moodle MAMP (Mac)

Submitted by nickgriches on Fri, 06/29/2018 - 13:57
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Hi.

I'm new to h5p. I'm testing it out offline on a mac using 'MAMP' (Moodle installation). I can't seem to install h5p. I download the package (as a zip file) from the moodle website. Then within Moodle, I go to Administration > Install Addons. I locate the file, and press upload, but it doesn't install. I get to a screen which says 'Moodle 3.5 - Install plugin from ZIP file - Validating mod_hvp...' but the installation does not get any further than this. I have managed to install a different package on Moodle, so it looks as if there is nothing wrong with my MAMP installation.

Any pointers welcome!

nickgriches

Fri, 06/29/2018 - 17:57

Hi. I re-downloaded the h5p package, and now I can install. Obviously something happened with the initial download. Hooray!

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BV52

Mon, 07/02/2018 - 04:38

Hi Nick,

I'm glad that it is working now, if you have further questions feel free to post in the forums.

-BV52

Chris Manuel

Tue, 07/24/2018 - 00:35

Same problem here: stalls while validating. I have MAMP 3.4 installed and the H5P zip is "mod_hvp_moodle35_2018053100.zip". Is there a 3.4 specific plugin package that I need? 

Chris Manuel

Tue, 07/24/2018 - 00:38

I'm having the same issue, stalling during validation. I have MAMP 3.4 installed and the downloaded plugin zip is "mod_hvp_moodle35_2018053100.zip". Is there a 3.4 plug in version that I need? 

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BV52

Tue, 07/24/2018 - 05:33

Hi Chris,

Since you are you using an old version of MAMP can you please check if the PHP version is 5.2 or higher. If so please provide the following:

  1. Detailed steps to reproduce the bug (exactly how and when did it happen)
  2. Platform and version number. E.g. Drupal, Wordpress, Moodle.
  3. Mobile or Desktop
  4. Browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari etc
  5. H5P plugin version
  6. H5P content type and version (if a content type was used), and a sample URL or attached H5P.
  7. Any browser console errors
  8. Any PHP errors
  9. Screenshots if it's a visual problem

The more information you provide, the quicker the community will be able to fix it and the quicker you'll have a working solution!

-BV52

 

Chris Manuel

Wed, 07/25/2018 - 19:54

Also - MAMP 4.1.1 shows PHP 7.0.15

Chris Manuel

Wed, 07/25/2018 - 19:53

Hi - thanks for the reply. Sorry for the double post originally.

  1. The issue is that I'm using MAMP 3.4, trying to install the H5P plug-in and at the end of the H5P module install it hangs on: Validating mod_hvp ... 
  2. Moodle 3.4
  3. Desktop (Mac OSX 11.13.6) - MAMP is installed on the system drive (an SSD) formatted with Apple's new file system: APFS
  4. Chrome 67.0.3396.99
  5. Release 1.9
  6. Just trying install the module in MAMP - no content yet
  7. No browser errors
  8. No PHP errors
  9. No visual issues

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Chris

 

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thomasmars

Thu, 07/26/2018 - 10:49

Hi,
Make sure you have followed https://h5p.org/installation/configure-php, https://h5p.org/moodle and https://docs.moodle.org/35/en/Installing_plugins.

Also make sure that the web server is able to write to the required folders, as described in https://docs.moodle.org/35/en/Installing_Moodle.

Best regards, Thomas

nickgriches

Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:23

Thanks for the info. Re-downloading the h5p package worked for me.

jp

Thu, 03/21/2019 - 07:51

I've had the same problem for several hours, I changed max_execution_time in php.ini to 60 seconds (from 30), and now its worked fine.