Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

I'd avoid the packages.  Wordpress is basically a bunch of php scripts 
that get dumped inside a directory on your Apache server, plus some 
setup for your database.  You're a lot safer just downloading the zip 
file and following the instructions.  At least, that's how I've always 
had the best luck.

Miles Fidelman

Rick Thomas wrote:
> Thanks, Sharon!
>
> That's good advice if all I want is wordpress.  But I'm a sysadmin, and like to understand the details.  So, for the time being, I'd prefer to do it from scratch if I can.
>
> If I succeed (with help from the list) I promise to write up the step-by-step procedure for the wiki, so the next person can benefit from our experience.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Rick
>
> On Nov 24, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:39:20 -0800
> > Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Can someone point me at step-by-step instructions for going from
> > > 	sudo aptitude install wordpress
> > > on a freshly scrubbed, newly installed Wheezy system to a working
> > > wordpress website on the same machine?
> > >
> > > I've read the README.Debian in /usr/share/doc/wordpress/ and the
> > > stuff in examples/ but they are just hints, I think.
> > >
> > > I've googled till I'm blue in the face, but all I find is people who
> > > insist on installing wordpress from the downloadable tarball at the
> > > wordpress development site and ignore the debian package entirely.
> > > I'd much rather do things the "Debian way".
> > >
> > > Somebody must have done it, I would think -- or what's the point of
> > > having a Debian package in the first place?  If you have, can you
> > > share your recipe?
> > >
> > > All help will be appreciated!
> > Rick.
> > A few months ago I was considering doing this, hosting my wordpress
> > blog on this computer, but after considering all the disadvantages of
> > self-hosting I chose someone to do it for me in a local web-hosting
> > company for 4UKP a month, which is a very good price. Since then we've
> > worked together to reduce the sites footprint in size and speed it up.
> > Now I take full backups of it twice a day, and they just take a few
> > minutes over a distance of about 25 miles. I can only suggest you do the
> > same as it saves a lot of heartache and worry too.
> >
> > Sharon.
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