Drupal is a powerful and flexible content management system (CMS) that allows you to easily create and manage websites. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Drupal on Linux Mint Latest.
Before you start, you need to have the following:
Open the terminal and enter the following command to update the package list:
sudo apt-get update
Next, install the required packages for Drupal to run:
sudo apt-get install php-mysql php-gd php-xml php-zip php-curl php-mbstring
Go to the Drupal website and download the latest version of Drupal.
wget https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/tar.gz -O drupal.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file to the web server root directory:
sudo tar -xvzf drupal.tar.gz -C /var/www/html
Change the ownership of the extracted files to the web server user and group:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/drupal
Log in to MySQL as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for Drupal:
CREATE DATABASE drupal;
Create a new user for the Drupal database:
CREATE USER 'drupaluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Grant the user full access to the Drupal database:
GRANT ALL ON drupal.* TO 'drupaluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Flush the privileges and exit MySQL:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace 'password' with a strong password of your choosing.
Open your web browser and go to the Drupal installation URL:
http://localhost/drupal/
Select the language you want to use for the installation and click on the "Save and continue" button.
On the next page, Drupal will check if your server meets the requirements.
If everything is OK, click on the "Save and continue" button.
Select the installation profile you want to use and click on the "Save and continue" button.
Enter the database details you created in step 3.
Click on the "Save and continue" button.
Drupal will start installing.
Once the installation is complete, click on the "Visit your new site" button to access your new Drupal site!
You have successfully installed Drupal on Linux Mint Latest! You can now start creating and managing your own website using Drupal.
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