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

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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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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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