need Ctools Install Instructions

By r49floyd on 30 Mar 2015 at 19:19 UTC

As you might guess, I am new to Drupal....however I did get that installed and working on Mac OSx and apache 2.4 Now I want to install the Ctools suite. Downloaded it OK expanded OK but now what? I tried moving the entire directory to /ctools but I am forbidden to execute ctools.install Its not file permissions as I gave the directory to my runtime userid and did chmod 777 on the whole thing. I'm thinking something in .htaccess or index.php is the problem but not sure. Can't find any docs on the "official" way this package should be installed. Ideas are very welcome!!

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VM commented 30 March 2015 at 19:27

As you've already installed Drupal core, please edit the opening post and move it to the 'post installation' forum. Thank you.

Install ctools in /sites/all

narendraR

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commented 1 April 2015 at 12:54

Install ctools in /sites/all/modules folder so that path of ctools.install is /sites/all/modules/ctools/ctools.install
than go to module list page and enable Chaos tools module

Also, as VM said, so need to edit and move this post to 'post installation' forum, but you have created another post.
https://www.drupal.org/node/2463067

Let's Drupal

Thanks for your help

r49floyd commented 1 April 2015 at 19:43

Actually, I bought the book "Drupal 7 Explained" because I obviously know so little about the product. In chapter 5 it explains you have to use the running application of your Drupal installation to install subsequent modules. So, I opened the Modules Tab in Drupal and clicked on "Install New Module"! I actually downloaded the modules I needed first and then did the browse option to select and install them. I didn't expect it to be so easy. I did have to regen PHP to support zlibs however. I had downloaded the libraries but forgot to give the php configure procedure the --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/lib option .

Looking good now! Thanks for responding.....and BTW I did try to move this post to the 'post installation' forum but it always told me to wait some increasingly long number of seconds before trying again. Sorry!