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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

#12681 — How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed.

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

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#12682

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:21:49 -0800, irishhacker 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?

Probably best asked in a wordpress group, as I suspect that few here will 
have familiarity with that product, and even less will have familiarity 
with installing current wordpress distros on Ubuntu 8.10 XAMMP.

Additionally, those here who did have familiarity with installing 4 year 
old wordpress on 4 year old Ubuntu XAMMP have probably forgotten any 
gotchas that you'd be hoping they could warn you about.

-- 
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com

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#12683

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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#12687

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

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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jstucklex@attglobal.net
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#12688 — Re: How to locally install Wordpress, Ubuntu 8.10 , XAMPP already installed.

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@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.
>>
>
> 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...

-- 

  //Aho

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#12684

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?

Is it pretty cold outside?  That is a stupid question.

<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>

> I want to practice using Wordpress, and also I want to study the
> internals, the PHP source code, to help learn how to develop.

Good luck.

> 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.

RTFM.
 
> 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).

RTFM, STFW, UTSL.

> 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.

It is XAMPP.  This is not a user group, but a PHP newsgroup.  And your name 
belongs in the From header field value.  Next time, ask a smart question.


PointedEars
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