Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?
On Sunday 24 November 2013 07:09 AM, 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.
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> 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".
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> 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?
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> All help will be appreciated!
>
> Rick
>
Hi Rick,
These instructions should work for Debian as well:
http://movingtofreedom.org/2007/05/09/how-to-wordpress-on-ubuntu-gnu-linux/
The main thing is to get Apache & PHP configured properly. Once that's
done, Wordpress config goes easily.
I'll be happy to help you troubleshoot this if needed.
Sincerely,
Kailash
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