Extension and language installation packages Joomla 1.6

Joomla 1.6 supports several installation units for extensions (components, plugins, modules), language files, or arbitrary sets of files.

Supported Installation Units

The following types of installation units are supported in Joomla 1.6+. The links are to examples in the Joomla 1.6 development code.

• Component named 'alpha' (installation manifest in 'alpha.xml')

• System plugin named 'alpha' (installation manifest in 'alpha.xml')

• Module named 'alpha' (installation manifest in 'alpha.xml')

• Library named 'alpha' (installation manifest in 'alpha.xml')

• Simple Template

• An arbitrary set of files named 'files_test1'

• A package of installation units called 'pkg_everything'