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Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. [message #184696 is a reply to message #184692]

Fri, 17 January 2014 14:35

Jerry Stuckle
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On 1/17/2014 12:53 AM, J.O. Aho wrote:
> 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.
>

Bad advice. Depending on the hardware he's using, he may end up with an
unusable system.

Better is the suggestion for him to ask in a Wordpress newsgroup.

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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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