How to Install Drupal CMS on Linux Mint 20
To Install Drupal CMS on Linux Mint 20.
Drupal is a web content management tool as well as a customizable platform to help you to build the right tool to serve your content management strategy. It is used by Business and technology leaders to create real-world enterprise solutions that empower web innovation. This Tutorial covers the installation of the Drupal CMS on Linux Mint 20.
Requirements of Drupal CMS:
Apache
MySQL
Php and its Modules
Installation procedure:
Check the version of the Linux Mint 20.
root@linuxhelp:~# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Linux Mint"
VERSION="20 (Ulyana)"
ID=linuxmint
ID_LIKE=ubuntu
PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 20"
VERSION_ID="20"
Now install the php and its modules by using the following command
root@linuxhelp:~# apt install php php-xml php-mysql php-mbstring php-zip php-soap php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-imap php-common php-dev libmcrypt-dev php-pear
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
php is already the newest version (2:7.4+75).
php-common is already the newest version (2:75).
php-common set to manually installed.
php-mysql is already the newest version (2:7.4+75).
The following additional packages will be installed:
autoconf automake autopoint autotools-dev debhelper dh-autoreconf dh-strip-nondeterminism dwz libarchive-cpio-perl
libc-client2007e libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dbg libc6-dev libcrypt-dev libdebhelper-perl
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Setting up dh-autoreconf (19) ...
Setting up debhelper (12.10ubuntu1) ...
Setting up pkg-php-tools (1.38) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.9) ...
Processing 2 added doc-base files...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for install-info (6.7.0.dfsg.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php7.4 (7.4.3-4ubuntu2.4) ...
Processing triggers for php7.4-cli (7.4.3-4ubuntu2.4) ...
Now create a database to the Drupal CMS by using the following command
root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 55
Server version: 10.3.22-MariaDB-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu 20.04
Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> create database drupaldb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.038 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> create user 'drupaluser'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc@123';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.056 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on drupaldb.* to 'drupaluser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.030 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> exit
Bye
Now I am download the Drupal CMS by using following command
root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/zip
--2020-12-02 14:25:05-- https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/zip
Resolving www.drupal.org (www.drupal.org)... 199.232.254.217
Connecting to www.drupal.org (www.drupal.org)|199.232.254.217|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-9.0.9.zip [following]
--2020-12-02 14:25:07-- https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-9.0.9.zip
Resolving ftp.drupal.org (ftp.drupal.org)... 199.232.254.217
Connecting to ftp.drupal.org (ftp.drupal.org)|199.232.254.217|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 28326478 (27M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘zip’
zip 100%[==================================================>] 27.01M 999KB/s in 27s
2020-12-02 14:25:34 (1.01 MB/s) - ‘zip’ saved [28326478/28326478]
Now extract the package by using the following command
root@linuxhelp:~# unzip zip
Archive: zip
creating: drupal-9.0.9/
creating: drupal-9.0.9/vendor/
creating: drupal-9.0.9/vendor/composer/
creating: drupal-9.0.9/vendor/composer/installers/
inflating: drupal-9.0.9/vendor/composer/installers/LICENSE
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inflating: drupal-9.0.9/profiles/README.txt
creating: drupal-9.0.9/themes/
inflating: drupal-9.0.9/themes/README.txt
inflating: drupal-9.0.9/autoload.php
inflating: drupal-9.0.9/composer.json
inflating: drupal-9.0.9/composer.lock
inflating: drupal-9.0.9/LICENSE.txt
root@linuxhelp:~# ls
drupal-9.0.9 zip
Now move the drupal cms directory to apache root directory
root@linuxhelp:~# mv drupal-9.0.9 /var/www/drupal
Now set the ownership and permissions to the drupal directory
root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/drupal/
root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/drupal/
Now configure the virtualhost for access the drupal CMS
root@linuxhelp:~# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/drupal.conf
Now disable the default site access by using following command
root@linuxhelp:~# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2
Now enable the site access for drupal CMS
root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite drupal.conf
Enabling site drupal.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2
Now enable the rewrite module
root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2
Now restart the apache service by using the following command
root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2
Open browse and enter your host name
This is the welcome page of the Drupal CMS select your language
Select the installation profile
Configure the database
The installation process is running
Configure the site
This the dashboard of drupal CMS
With this method, the installation of Drupal CMS on Linux Mint 20 comes to an End.