How to Install Drupal 7 on Ubuntu

8/6/2019 How to Install Drupal 7 on Ubuntu

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How to install Drupal 7 on ubuntu

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1.Download Drupal 7

Go to Drupal website and download the latest Drupal 7 version in zip format on your desktopand extract. Now you will get drupal-7.0 folder. just rename that folder to drupal

2.Copy Drupal to /var/www folder .

To do this

Method 1:

Go to Application → Terminal. And type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

Type your ubuntu password if needed. Just copy and paste the drupal folder from desktop toyour /var/www folder.

OR

Method 2:

Go to Application -> Accessories -> Terminal. And type the below code in terminal and hitenter.

Type your ubuntu password if needed.

3. Create a database using phpMyAdmin

follow these steps:

Open your browser and type

in the address bar and press enter. Type your mysql root username and password to login.choose a name for your drupal database,enter it in the Create new database field, and clickCreate.


gksudo nautilus

cd Desktop

sudo mv drupal /var/www

http://localhost/phpmyadmin/



4.Install and configure drupal

Go to Application -> Accessories -> Terminal. And type the below code in terminal and hitenter.

Type your ubuntu password if needed.Go to the default folder in your drupal ie:/var/www/drupal/sites/default . and open default.settings.php file and save as settings.php in thesame folder (ie) /var/www/drupal/sites/default/settings.php.Open your terminal and type the below code and hit enter to change the file permission.

Open

in your browser. If you are getting below error “Forbidden You don’t have permission toaccess /drupal/ on this server”. just change the permission of your drupal folder. To do this

Go to Application → Terminal. And type the below code the terminal and hit enter.

Type your ubuntu password if needed.Now go to http://localhost/drupal/.Click Save and continue then click Save and continue.Type your database name, database username, database password and click save and continue.


gksudo nautilus

sudo chmod 777 -R /var/www/drupal/sites/default/settings.php

http://localhost/drupal/

sudo chmod 777 -R /var/www/drupal



Just avoid the above warning message if you are installing drupal in your test server or if youneed it change the permissions.




Fill all the mandatory details and click Save and continue.

Click visit your new site or go to http://localhost/drupal/


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