Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?
On 25/11/13 10:13, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Rick Thomas 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?
>>
>
> In 2004 I set up WP on this system using the upstream tarball, exactly
> because at that time I could not find step-by-step instructions using
> Debian.
>
> Hugo
>
>
I just installed the Debian package then went to the wp admin page in my
browser and began using it as you would normally. The debian package
just does the installation for you.
Kind regards
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