how to install drupal?

[mkarthik90]

hi,
Can anyone tell me all the steps of how to install drupal 6.0 and start using it ?

[lechien73]

I don't think I can do any better than point you to the instructions here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDrupal/Setup

[mkarthik90]

How to obtain the root user access. because when i try to paste the file in var/www/ the root user permission is required. i dont get a paste option in that directory.

[lechien73]

It would probably be best to unpack the file through a terminal window.

So, assuming you have saved the drupal archive to your Downloads directory:


cd /var/www
sudo tar -xvf ~/Downloads/drupal-6.17.tar.gz
sudo mv drupal-6.17 drupal

Then continue with the rest of the installation instructions.

[leg]

I have added my user to the www-data group to allow me access to the /var/www directory. There are still a couple of times you need to sudo but not much. Other than that follow the instructions and access as many tutorials as you need from the Drupal (http://drupal.org/) site.