ubuntu/debian package?

beezel - February 13, 2008 - 22:55

is anybody working on a ubuntu/debian package for drupal 6?

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not that anyone is aware of

sepeck - February 13, 2008 - 23:05

There used to be a debian maintainer in the maintainers.txt but it was unmaintained and no one ever stepped forward with a commitment to maintaining it. Honestly, it's easier to download and install it.

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
_{Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain}

aptitude install drupal6 IS

klando - February 14, 2008 - 20:18

aptitude install drupal6
IS a simple step

I start working on that, as I only maintain server via debian package

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sepeck - February 14, 2008 - 21:08

I don't disagree that such may be easy to install, however, the Drupal package for so long was old/outdated/insecure and unmaintained causing both users and forum support questions. So, if it is maintained, fine, if not, easier to encourage people to install from d.o. download.

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
_{Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain}

Yes but..

fabrizio - February 15, 2008 - 14:35

In order to mantain the system up&clean obviously, is better use apt to install drupal.
Now the question is: how much older is the debian package?
In sid, the latest version is 5.7-1 and in lenny 5.6-2
Four days ago drupal 6 was released. I don't know when the debian mainteiner will release it.

My suggest is: don't install drupal6 from source (less than you need the new drupal 6 funcionality) and wait for the debian package.

Anyway, don't forget an important thing: every package in official debian repository doesn't contain bugs (so the important security fix, and other minor fix should be fixed on debian packages.)

In there another way if you want install drupal6: use an unofficial repository but it's a big risk.

work is in progress at

klando - February 21, 2008 - 13:52

work is in progress at debian to push drupal6 to sid.

Thumbs up

charmer - March 7, 2008 - 12:54

Thank you, I too am eagerly awaiting it.

Is there some news?

fabrizio - April 30, 2008 - 13:52

..about drupal6 on debian sid (or etch)?

Thanks.

Package exists

Paul Kishimoto - November 6, 2008 - 04:42

http://packages.debian.org/sid/drupal6

I'd be interested in hearing if anyone has much experience with Debianized Drupal, in Ubuntu or otherwise. I'm especially curious about how upgrades are handled. My Drupal reflexes tell me to run update.php when a new version is installed, but perhaps this is done automatically via debconf or similar?

Hardy packages

abridgett - May 10, 2009 - 19:10

I've backported the debian packages to Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) (32-bit) that you are most welcome to use.

http://bitcube.co.uk/content/packages

Regarding upgrades, nothing special is being done as far as I can tell - if you login to the website and go into the status screen you still need to perform the database upgrade step. This should be done in the postinst IMO.

Hardy packages updated

abridgett - July 5, 2009 - 22:34

6.13 packages available now for your enjoyment.