Can't install Magento due to permissions, what am I doing wrong?

Question

I've run the following commands on my Magento directory on Ubuntu Server.

chmod 0777 var/.htaccess
chmod 0777 var
chmod 0777 app/etc
chmod -R 0777 media

However, now the Magento installer is still complaining with:

Path "/var/www/store/var/package" must be writable.

I tried:

chmod 0777 var/package

With no luck.

I've also tried this guide for resetting permissions, still without any luck. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You should set permissions recursively:

chmod -R 0777 var