Installing Test version drupal on Linux

mayank — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:52:51 +0000

Several times, many students have complained about the compatibility issues with Drupal and Xampp or Wamp for windows. So, i decided to write this to help them install a test version of their site at localhost in ubuntu.

Step 1: Install Ubuntu 9.10 (Latest)

Step 2: Install LAMP server onto your fresh Ubuntu installation.

1 2	sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql phpmyadmin

Do remember to provide admin password for MySQL database. Also, you will be asked to give admin password for phpmyadmin.

Step 3: Download latest version of Drupal and untar it in /var/www folder.

Step 4: visit http://localhost/phpmyadmin and create a new database for your drupal installation.

Step 5: [Important] Go to /var/www/[your site ]/sites/default and Copy default-settings.php to settings.php. Remember, I have instructed to copy and not move.

Step 6: Permission Settings

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cd /var/www/[your-site]/sites/default
sudo chmod a+w settings.php
cd ..
sudo chmod a+w default

Step 7: Visit: http://localhost/[your site] and provide information about the database you created in step 4.

Step 8: After completion of the installation, remember to undo the write privileges you have given.

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cd /var/www/[your-site]/sites/default
sudo chmod a-w settings.php
cd ..
sudo chmod a-w default

And, this completes your test drupal installation, free from all the hustles of Wamp and Xampp servers. And, it is much faster.

Drupal Workshop

mayank — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:44:36 +0000

I gave a Drupal workshop in IIT Delhi under Technocracy. This was a introductory workshop attended by around 40-45 students from first and second year undergraduates

Part 1

Drupal

Part 2

Drupal Part 2

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Installing Test version drupal on Linux

Drupal Workshop

Part 1

Part 2