I've just started using Onthos on Joomla 5.4 and one of the issues it is highlighting is with the Akeeba Engage component (v3.4.2) as "orphaned". How should I handle this?
#42353 Akeeba Engage Orphaned
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Latest post by nicholas on Friday, 17 October 2025 03:41 CDT
Thursday, 16 October 2025 13:58 CDT
mikeprince
Thursday, 16 October 2025 13:58 CDT
mikeprince
Sorry, should have mentioned that I do use Engage and it seems to work fine.
Friday, 17 October 2025 00:12 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Click on the item in Onthos to open the details page of the extension. Scroll all the way down. There's a suggestion to either have the extension adopted by its package, or reinstall the extension. If you need to re-download Engage you need to go here: https://www.akeeba.com/download/engage.html
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Friday, 17 October 2025 02:41 CDT
mikeprince
Do you mean as I have done in the attachment posted? The only option I see is Force Uninstall
Friday, 17 October 2025 02:57 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Reinstall the Engage extension Package (pkg_*.zip) without uninstalling it before or in between.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Friday, 17 October 2025 03:00 CDT
mikeprince
Thanks. Reinstalling the package works and it no longer shows with issues in Onthos.
Friday, 17 October 2025 03:41 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You may want to also read the documentation in Onthos where it explains what an orphaned extension is. There's a reason this is suggested in the interface. When you understand the root cause of the problem, and why it's a problem, you can manage your sites a lot easier.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!