Can’t register inamges in the wp-contentdirectory to WordPress.

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I just installed WordPress on an Ubuntu server locally. I want to move files into a wp-contents directory that I created in WordPress from a Windows machine. When I try to upload a file, I get the error:

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I can move the files into the folder with wimSCP.

I set the permissions of the new uploads directory to match the directories that were present after install:

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I suspect that php is supposed to take care of this and that the database needs to be configured but I am short on knowledge in this area and after hours of searching I need help. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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