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I've figured a tedious workaround.
I took the boox database info from the working installation on my local server and edited an installed module in the xoops_module table of my production site with the boox info.
Then I went to the module administration where I now see the boox as installed but not functioning properly, and I click update and now it is successfully installed and working fine.
Though it works I would like to know how to fix it so it installs properly.