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Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. [message #184692 is a reply to message #184690]

Fri, 17 January 2014 05:53

J.O. Aho
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On 17/01/14 01:21, irishhacker(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> Is it pretty easy to install locally Wordpress on a somewhat old Ubuntu (8.10), without disrupting the version of XAMMP that is already in place?
> I want to practice using Wordpress, and also I want to study the internals, the PHP source code, to help learn how to develop.
>
> There are hundreds of examples of free php source codes out there, but the quality is going to vary hugely, so without knowing anything about the web site the source code example is supposed to support, it's hard to assess quickly which examples are of value.
>
> Some have suggested learning by looking at the internals of a CMS (mostly PHP). And Wordpress is probably easier to start with than Drupal. (although I am looking at Drupal books).
>
> By the way, some of the resources I gathered to learn how to install Xamp last December was from Q&A at this user group, you were very helpful a month ago, so thanks for that. I did get the experience last month that some members at comp.lang.php are very helpful.
>
> Robert
>
Use "sudo do-release-upgrade" to upgrade your ubuntu to the latest version.
After that it should just be "sudo apt-get install wordpress", it's like
when you install any other programs in ubuntu, you use apt-get.

Don't forget to make backup before you start upgrading.

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//Aho

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		How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. By: irishhacker on Fri, 17 January 2014 00:21
		Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. By: Denis McMahon on Fri, 17 January 2014 00:36
		Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. By: J.O. Aho on Fri, 17 January 2014 05:53
		Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 17 January 2014 14:35
		Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. By: J.O. Aho on Fri, 17 January 2014 17:11
		Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Fri, 17 January 2014 10:31

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