How to install Drush

I added more to your script -- to download and the Pear Console Table library (I am unable to run Drush without it) and also to download Drush Make and Provision. And I like symbolic links to I created a symbolic link to Drush instead of the alias. I'm adding my script here because there is no way to do anything on github.

It would be good to make this more visible and accessible. What do you think about posting this on the Drush project? I think that is where most people would look for it.

Thanks for this, it's very useful.

#!/bin/bash
 
# Download Drush v3 from D.O and make it work on `drush` (OS X / Linux / *nix)
# quickly put together by stemount, adapted by KarenS
 
# move to home dir
cd ~
# remove current drush (if existent)
rm -rf ~/.drush/
# create drush directory (and hide it)
mkdir ~/.drush/
# move to new dir
cd ~/.drush/
# get Drush v3
curl -C - -O http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush-All-versions-3.0.tar.gz
# extract Drush v3
tar -xf drush*.tar.gz
# bin Drush tar
rm -f drush-All*.tar.gz

# get Pear Console Table library
cd drush/includes
curl -C - -O http://download.pear.php.net/package/Console_Table-1.1.3.tgz
# extract Pear
tar -xf Console_Table*.tgz
# copy the file we need
cp Console_Table-1.1.3/Table.php table.inc
# bin Console_Table tar
rm -r Console_Table-1.1.3
rm -f Console_Table*.tgz

# get Drush Make
cd ..
cd drush/commands
curl -C - -O http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush_make-6.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
# extract Drush Make
tar -xf drush*.tar.gz
# bin Drush tar
rm -f drush_make*.tar.gz

# get Provision
curl -C - -O http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/provision-6.x-0.3.tar.gz
# extract Provision
tar -xf provision*.tar.gz
# bin Provision tar
rm -f provision*.tar.gz

# make drush command executable
cd ~
chmod u+x .drush/drush/drush

# alias drush and put in bash profile
# echo "alias drush='~/.drush/drush/drush'" >> ~/.bash_profile

# add symbolic link to drush files so they are executable anywhere
rm /usr/bin/drush
ln -s ~/.drush/drush/drush /usr/bin/drush 

Bookmarking this, thanks. Maybe just what I need.

Hi! I'm pretty sure there's already a Debian package for installing drush, but for other platforms, this is nice! Definitely post a patch on the drush issue queue with what you're working on. You might need to use fake-add.

I opened a Drush issue for this, I think it would be nice to include it with Drush. See http://drupal.org/node/809760.

This method of installation work successfully for me.

Find the download URL of the recommended release from the Drush project page and download with WGET
cd ~/
wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush-All-versions-3.0.tar.gz

Extract the archive
tar -xvzf drush-All-versions-3.0.tar.gz

Set up an Alias
Create an alias for Drush in .bash_profile (this can also go in .profile or .bash_aliases)

echo "alias drush='php ~/drush/drush.php'" >> ~/.bash_profile

Optionally, specify a PHP path (version 5.2 or greater required)

echo "alias drush='/usr/local/php5/bin/php ~/drush/drush.php'" >> ~/.bash_profile

Load aliases[1] (or reconnect)

source .bash_profile

Drush 3.0 and up support using Table_Console installed by the PEAR installer. The patch to implement this was attached to issue #700220: drush ignores Console_Table installed by PEAR. To take advantage of this on a Debian based system (including ubuntu) run the following commands:

sudo apt-get install php-pear # make sure PEAR is installed
sudo pear install Console_Table # install console table

That's it!

At the time of writing we're at drush version 3.3 It might be an idea to add, as the last two line of the script, the following:

# Update drush to the latest version, using drush!
drush dl drush

Ian

Like Ihsanullah above, I had to add a 'z' to the tar args to allow tar to gunzip the archives.

That is really great for me.

I recommend against using these scripts. Install via pear, as explained on the drush project page. If you must use a script, you might want to try starting with the one here: http://drupal.org/node/809760#comment-5279654

I wrote a post about this, thanks for the information above.

http://miss-hana.com/drupal-install-drush-on-maclinux/

I love using drush on my Windows system. It has saved me LOTS of headaches. Where can I find the instructions for installing this new version on Windows? Or is it a standalone program?