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Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. [message #184697 is a reply to message #184696]

Fri, 17 January 2014 17:11

J.O. Aho
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On 17/01/14 15:35, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> 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.

Thats why the advice for a backup. The system he has now hasn't got any
updates since 2010-04-30, which is a security issue, no more safe than
running WinME.

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

Most likely he will get similar suggestions...

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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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