Carry out the following steps to install an add-on manually:
Go to http://www.concrete5.org and click on Marketplace at the top.
Find the add-on that you want to install.
Click on the Download button at the bottom.
On the next screen, click on Download Now.
Extract the downloaded ZIP file into the
packages
folder of your concrete5 site. If you're working with a default XAMPP setup, the folder isc:\xampplite\htdocs\packages
.Go back to your site's dashboard.
Click on Add Functionality.
In the right column underneath Downloaded and Ready to Install should be the add-on you've downloaded. Click on Install and it will be ready to use.
By manually downloading and extracting the add-on, you've avoided the need for a few PHP modules which aren't installed on every host.
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