How to Install Drupal 5 and Drupal 6 using Drush 3
Jul 11, 2012, by admin
Steps
1.Download Drush. The HEAD version from the Drush project page can be used with all Drupal versions. Drush will be installed to ~/drush. Download with WGET:
cd ~/
wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush-All-Versions-HEAD.tar.gz
Extract the archive:
tar -xvzf drush-All-Versions-HEAD.tar.gz
2.Set up an Alias. Create an alias for Drush in .bash_profile (this can also go in .profile or .bash_aliases )
echo “alias drush=’php ~/drush/drush.php'” >> ~/.bash_profile
Optionally specify a PHP path (version 5.2 or greater required by Drush)
echo “alias drush=’/usr/local/php5/bin/php ~/drush/drush.php'” >> ~/.bash_profile
3.Load aliases (or reconnect)
source .bash_profile
4.Download Drupal. Drupal will be installed to ~/drupal
cd ~/
drush dl drupal
Make a symlink so the webserver has a constant path to ~/drupal
ln -s ~/drupal-6.19/ ~/drupal
5.I nstall Drupal. For Drupal 6.3+ Before starting the web-based install:
cp ~/drupal/sites/default/default.settings.php ~/drupal/sites/default/settings.php
chmod 666 ~/drupal/sites/default/settings.php
Or for multisite:
mkdir ~/drupal/sites/example.com
cp ~/drupal/sites/default/default.settings.php ~/drupal/sites/example.com/settings.php
chmod 666 ~/drupal/sites/example.com/settings.php
Visit example.com in a web browser to complete the installation.
6.Test Drush. Show current site information:
cd ~/drupal
drush status
Or for multisite:
cd ~/drupal/sites/example.com
drush status
7.Example Commands. Download modules
drush dl views cck og
Enable modules
drush en views cck og
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Update Drupal core. For example, 6.18 to 6.19
cd ~
drush dl drupal
rm -r ~/drupal-6.19/sites/
mv ~/drupal-6.18/sites/ ~/drupal-6.19/
rm ~/drupal
ln -s ~/drupal-6.19/ drupal
Update modules
drush up
Check modules status
drush sm
Download a theme
drush dl ablogtheme
Download a specific version, such as Drupal 5.20
drush dl drupal-5.20
