How to install Drupal 7 on ubuntu

To install Drupal 7 on your localhost, you must setup apache and mysql first. We have already posted a tutorial on How to install and configure Apache,PHP,MySql and phpMyadmin on ubuntu.Please read first.

1.Download Drupal 7
Go to Drupal website
and download the latest Drupal 7 version in zip format on your desktop and extract. Now you will get drupal-7.0 folder. just rename that folder to drupal
2.Copy Drupal to /var/www folder .

To do this

Method 1:
Go to Application -> Accessories -> Terminal. And type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

gksudo nautilus

Type your ubuntu password if needed. Just copy and paste the drupal folder from desktop to your /var/www folder.
OR
Method 2:
Go to Application -> Accessories -> Terminal. And type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

cd Desktop

sudo mv drupal /var/www

Type your ubuntu password if needed.

3.Create a database using phpMyAdmin

follow these steps:

For phpmyadmin,apache,mysql,php installation click here

Open your browser and type

http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

in the address bar and press enter. Type your mysql root username and password to login. choose a name for your drupal database,enter it in the Create new database field, and click Create.

4.Install and configure drupal

Go to Application -> Accessories -> Terminal. And type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

gksudo nautilus

Type your ubuntu password if needed.Go to the default folder in your drupal ie:  /var/www/drupal/sites/default . and open default.settings.php file and save as settings.php in the same folder (ie) /var/www/drupal/sites/default/settings.php .
Open your terminal and type the below code and hit enter to change the file permission.

sudo chmod 777 -R /var/www/drupal/sites/default/settings.php

Open

http://localhost/drupal/

in your browser. If you are getting below error “Forbidden You don’t have permission to access /drupal/ on this server”. just change the permission of your drupal folder.To do this
Go to Application -> Accessories -> Terminal. And type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo chmod 777 -R /var/www/drupal

Type your ubuntu password if needed.
Now go to http://localhost/drupal/.
Click Save and continue then click Save and continue.
Type your database name,database username,database password and click Save and continue.

Just avoid the above warning message if you are installing drupal in your test server or if you need it change the permissions.

Fill all the mandatory details and click Save and continue.

Click visit your new site or go to http://localhost/drupal/