In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Drupal on Arch Linux. Drupal is a free and open-source content management system that can be used to create personal blogs, e-commerce sites, and community forums.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following requirements installed on your Arch Linux machine:
You can install these requirements by using the pacman package manager. To install these packages, use the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache mysql php php-apache
First, visit the official Drupal website at https://www.drupal.org/ and download the latest release of Drupal. Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file to your Apache web root directory.
sudo tar -xzf drupal-x.x.x.tar.gz -C /srv/http/htdocs
Drupal requires a database to store its data. You can create a new database and user for Drupal by using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Once you are logged in to the MariaDB shell, create a new database named drupaldb.
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE drupaldb;
Next, create a new user named drupaluser with a password.
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'drupaluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Grant all privileges to the drupaluser on the drupaldb.
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupaldb.* TO 'drupaluser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, exit the MariaDB shell.
MariaDB [(none)]> exit
Before accessing Drupal via a web browser, you need to configure Drupal by creating a new settings file. Copy the default settings file to a new settings file by using the following command:
cp /srv/http/htdocs/drupal-x.x.x/sites/default/default.settings.php /srv/http/htdocs/drupal-x.x.x/sites/default/settings.php
Next, change the permissions of the settings.php file so that Drupal can write to it.
sudo chmod 666 /srv/http/htdocs/drupal-x.x.x/sites/default/settings.php
Now that you have configured Drupal, you can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost/drupal-x.x.x. Follow the Drupal installation wizard to complete the installation process.
Once you have completed the installation, change the permissions of the settings.php file back to read-only.
sudo chmod 644 /srv/http/htdocs/drupal-x.x.x/sites/default/settings.php
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Drupal on Arch Linux.
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