How do I install Drush?

When I go to the module's Drupal site, it seems that I can access all the versions which match to the Druapl 7 install I need. Fair enough. But when I copy the link and try to install it, I get this:
The info file (temporary://update-extraction-91ba25e7/drush/drush.info) does not define a 'name' attribute.

This is the link I'm using:
https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush-7.x-5.9.tar.gz

I don't know if I need Drush, but I know I don't have it because I've never been able to get it to work.

When I look for instructions online, usually people give me the solution about how to do something in Drush, which is a problem when I don't have it. Every few weeks or so I wonder why I hadn't installed it yet and then I realize it's because I couldn't.

I'm also happy to install Composer, which I was able to place onto my site as a module, but seems to be lacking instruction also. People say "enter these commands" and I can find nowhere to do that. I haven't even found instructions on accessing composer, surprisingly, despite looking around for them for a while.

Thanks.

Comments

bander2’s picture

Drush is not a module. It is a utility that has to be installed separate from Drupal:

http://docs.drush.org/en/master/install/

- Brendan

saurabh rawat’s picture

for installing drush and composer just follow the steps given on Download Drush