{"id":141,"date":"2011-05-28T16:39:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T16:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lelieveld.info\/?p=141"},"modified":"2011-06-18T19:33:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T19:33:17","slug":"test-drupal-on-a-ubuntu-11-04-lamp-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lelieveld.info\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"Test Drupal on a Ubuntu 11.04 LAMP server"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are probably a lot of different ways to test Drupal<\/a>. I’ll be testing it on a local computer using a LAMP server, in my case Ubuntu<\/a> with Apache, MySQL and PHP.<\/p>\n

Note: this might be a rather technical post.<\/p>\n

Steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Install Ubuntu 11.04
    \nThis step is dead-easy, just download the latest version and either put it on a USB stick or write it to disk. Boot it and follow the steps.<\/li>\n
  2. Install tasksel
    \nRequired to easily install the rest of the LAMP server. Installing tasksel can be done using sudo apt-get install tasksel<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  3. Install LAMP
    \nDo this using sudo tasksel install lamp-server<\/em> and away you go. You’ll only have to provide a password for your MySQL sa account.<\/li>\n
  4. Install phpmyadmin
    \nFor easy database administration do sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin<\/em>. Make sure to include the phpmyadmin configuration file: <\/p>\n
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    1. Add the line Include \/etc\/phpmyadmin\/apache.conf<\/em> to the \/etc\/apache2\/apache2.conf<\/em> file<\/li>\n
    2. Restart apache by sudo \/etc\/init.d\/apache2 restart<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Download Drupal 7.2 and extract to \/var\/www<\/em>.<\/li>\n
    4. Make a database for drupal using myphpadmin<\/li>\n
    5. Then go to http:\/\/localhost\/drupal-7.2\/install.php<\/em>. Probably the sites\/default\/files<\/em> and sites\/default\/settings.php<\/em> are not writable, this can be temporarily set using e.g. chmod a+w files<\/em>. Don’t forget to reset using chmod go-w files<\/em>.<\/li>\n
    6. You’re all set!!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Add 3<\/strong><\/p>\n