The table editor installation script is aimed to be as simple as possible. Ideally if you have the permissions set on your Joomla! installation correctly then you will be able to install this component without issues. However, if you receive an error message during installation about being unable to copy a file then you are going to have to complete some parts of the installation by hand.

The Table Editor attempts to augment the built in Joomla! universal installer by providing a "tableeditor_table" extension for the Table Editor custom Tables. To provide this the installer needs write permission to the following directory:

/libraries/joomla/installer/adapters

If this directory isn't writeable by Joomla!, then the installation will fail. This directory isn't normally included on writeable check lists so you might have to check it manually. If you cannot change the permissions on this directory you can manually copy the required files into the directory:

Copy the file "tableeditor_table.php" from /administrator/components/com_tableeditor/include to /library/joomla/installer/adapters.

 If the "tableeditor_table.php" file isn't in the /library/joomla/installer/adapters directory then you will be unable to install any extra tables into the table editor.