By Sébastien Grenier on

Now, I have stopped counting how many instance of Drupal I've installed! It must be well over 2 dozen in the last year. I love Drupal but the installation process is not easy and is repetitive.

But now, worries are gone with drupal_loader.php! Put it where you want your Drupal to be! Access it! Feed it with your database username & password! Start drupalling!

steph_at_alternatives.ca made it that easy. I think he needs feedback on the script! Thank you Steph!

You can find drupal_loader.php in the CVS contrib. Have a look here for the details of where to find it.

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JoeCotellese commented

This, along with the changes in CVS, should really help push Drupal into more widespread acceptance.

Joe Cotellese
www.clearstatic.org

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helsby commented

I had to comment out the mysql bit after checking that the server did have mysql running. I think because your script tries to use mysql on localhost whereas mine is running on another server (which seems to be the case on a few isp hosted boxes. I found that the install script then fell over when trying to log me in as a user as the tables didn't exist. However, running the databasemysql script created the database and I was then able to login to the system ok. All in all it took me about an hour to install (including trying to run it on a w2k server which had *major* problems with smartquotes and mysql that I gave up (which is a pain as this is the host I want to work on!)

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i think, it will be much better if you can use the loader to install drupal on "normal" webspace and not to the "localhost".
But the script gave me some hints...