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Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed.

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From "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net>
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Subject Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed.
Date Fri, 17 Jan 2014 06:53:06 +0100
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On 17/01/14 01:21, irishhacker@gmail.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.

-- 

  //Aho

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How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. irishhacker@gmail.com - 2014-01-16 16:21 -0800
  Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-17 00:36 +0000
  Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-01-17 06:53 +0100
    Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-01-17 09:35 -0500
      Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already   installed. "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-01-17 18:11 +0100
  Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-01-17 11:31 +0100

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