Hello folks, Some of us were facing difficulties in installing Drupal on XAMPP.Here is a step by step procedure to do the same.The above matter has been taken from http://creativebushido.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/install-drupal-in-ubuntu/.
Pre-Installation By now, you should have already downloaded the following files: 1. *xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz* 2. *drupal-6.12.tar.gz* *Note*: Unless you know what you’re doing, it’s recommended that you’re using the same files to avoid any confusion. If, for example, when newer versions are released, simply type in the correct file name when installing in the *“Install XAMPP”* and *“Install Drupal”* sections. Now, this tutorial is done on a Linux system (Ubuntu<http://creativebushido.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/ubuntu-710-released-the-wait-is-over/>), not Windows. Remember earlier when I told you the tools I’d use are all free? Well, Ubuntu is an excellent alternative operating system to Windows! Give it a try, you may like it! Install XAMPP We install XAMPP by extracting its content to a folder named *“opt”*: 1. Locate the file *xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz* you’ve just downloaded. 2. If it’s not on your Desktop, move the file there. 3. Open the *Terminal*, enter the following command: sudo tar xvfz Desktop/xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz -C /opt Start XAMPP You installed XAMPP in the previous section, now it’s time to start it: 1. Open the *Terminal*, enter the following command: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start You should see the following lines in the terminal if everything is done correctly: XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)… XAMPP: Starting MySQL… XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD… XAMPP for Linux started. Test XAMPP Okay, so how do you know if XAMPP is currently active? 1. Open your favourite web broswer. 2. Enter the following address: http://localhost This page should pop up: [image: XAMPP]<http://creativebushido.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/xampp001.png> Click the *Status* link to see what’s running: [image: XAMPP - Status]<http://creativebushido.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/xampp002.png> Install Drupal Let’s install Drupal by extracting its content to *“opt/lampp/htdocs”:* 1. Locate the file *drupal-6.12.tar.gz*. 2. If it’s not on your Desktop, move the file there. 3. Open the *Terminal*, enter the following command: sudo tar xvfz Desktop/drupal-6.12.tar.gz -C /opt/lampp/htdocs 1. Let’s rename *“drupal-6.12″* folder to a cleaner name, *“drupal”*. 2. Enter the following command: sudo mv /opt/lampp/htdocs/drupal-6.12 /opt/lampp/htdocs/drupal Test Drupal Okay, we can now verify whether Drupal has installed correctly: 1. Open your web broswer. 2. Enter the following address: http://localhost/drupal You should see this page: [image: Drupal Setup]<http://creativebushido.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/drupal001.png> Create a Database In this section, we create a new database for Drupal to store data: 1. Open your web browser. 2. Enter the following address: http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ 1. In the *Create new database* text box, type in a name for your database (I named mine *“creativebushido”*.) 2. Click the *Create* button. Configure Drupal Having completed the installation of XAMPP, Drupal, and a brand spanking new database, we can finally go ahead and configure Drupal: 1. Open your web browser. 2. Enter the following address: http://localhost/drupal 1. Click the *Install Drupal in English* link. 2. You will be likely to ecounter the following page: [image: Drupal - Requirement problems]<http://creativebushido.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/drupal002.png> Don’t fret! First, we make a copy of *default.settings.php* and rename it to *settings.php*. 1. Open the *Terminal*, enter the following command: sudo cp /opt/lampp/htdocs/drupal/sites/default/default.settings.php /opt/lampp/htdocs/drupal/sites/default/settings.php Next, we need to grant permissions to the *settings.php* file so that it’s writeable: 1. Enter the following command (press *Enter* after each line): cd /opt/lampp/htdocs/drupal/sites sudo chmod a+w default sudo chmod a+w default/settings.php Finally, we need to increase our PHP memory limit from *8M* to *16M*. 1. Open the *Terminal* and type: sudo nano /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini* * Look for the *memory_limit parameter* and change the number 8 to *16*. Once you’ve changed it, exit the text editor by holding down *Ctrl* and press *x*. Type *y* to save the file. Because you’ve just made changes to the PHP file, you need to restart XAMPP to update it: 1. Open the *Terminal*, enter the following command: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop 1. To start XAMPP again, enter the following command: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start That should have solved all the problems! Okay, now you should be able to see the *Database configuration* page in your browser: [image: Drupal - Database configuration]<http://creativebushido.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/drupal0031.png> Notice that I have entered a name for my database, the same name I’d used earlier. Make sure you do the same. Once you clicked the *Save and continue* button on the *Set up database*page, you will be directed to the *Configure site page*, like the picture below: [image: Drupal - Configure site]<http://creativebushido.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/drupal004.png> For security purposes, it tells you to remove write permissions to the * settings.php* file. Let’s do that: 1. Open the *Terminal*, enter the following command: sudo chmod a-w /opt/lampp/htdocs/drupal/sites/default/settings.php Finally! You are now ready to enter some important informations for your new web site. Fill out the the required information for the *Site information* and *Administration account* sections. Make sure you remember the *username* and *password*you’ve entered! [image: Drupal - Configure site]<http://creativebushido.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/drupal005.png> Once all the informations are filled out, click the *Save and continue*button. Voila! Give yourself a pat on the back! You have just completed installing Drupal on your computer! [image: Drupal - Drupal installation complete]<http://creativebushido.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/drupal006.png> For now, you can begin building your site. Everything you’re doing right now is offline. Once you have everything to your liking, you can deploy the final product live online. I hope this has been useful. If you have any technical issues, I strongly recommend that you make use of Drupal’s excellent Community web site<http://drupal.org/> ! Cheers, Varun :) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
