By rplantz on

I'm installing Drupal on an Ubuntu machine. I normally install apps from Ubuntu repositories, but I'm inclined to install Drupal manually so I can keep up with the Drupal updates. In particular, I want to be able to easily upgrade to 7.0 when it's released, which may be before the next Ubuntu release. Are there any problems with straying from the official Ubuntu (actually, Debian) way?

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Sancho Panza’s picture

Sancho Panza commented

I don't know what is the "official" Drupal point of view. They generally discourage using prepackaged installation like Fantastico. I guess they do the same with Ubuntu Packages. I've also checked that is outdated. The last version available is 6.16.

If you are going to install it for testing purpuses on a local machine the the way to go is:

- Install Apache and MySQL

- If you are to install a version 6, be sure that you have PHP 5.2.x installed, no the default 5.3.x. While the core is compatible, some modules are not. You can do it following the instruction here http://groups.drupal.org/node/72718

- you probably need to install phpmyadmin package unless you are know how to create and modify permissions in mysql from the command line.

- Download the latest version of Drupal, and uncompress it in /var/www

- Open your browser, point to localhost and follow the installation.

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rjdempsey commented

Manually. Third party installers and repositories tend to be behind on updates.