2017-01 mercury admin

Drupal8 Install

• Create /etc/drupal/8/ ; fix permissions
• Download drupal-8.2.5.tar.gz
• unpack into that directory
• Fix permissions to www-data:www-data

Create http://bonmot.ca/gorilla8/ as a test

 Your PHP installation is too old. Drupal requires at least PHP 5.5.9. See the system requirements page for more information.

Currently running php 5.4.45

Run apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade

Failed because mysql would not shut down

Shut down by hand & retry - success

/usr/bin/php --> /etc/alternatives/php --> /usr/bin/php5

 root@mercury:/etc/drupal/8# ls -l /usr/bin/php5
 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8413740 Dec 16 15:41 /usr/bin/php5

 PHP 5.4.45-0+deb7u6 (cli) (built: Dec 16 2016 19:26:57)

Follow upgrade instructions at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27413509/debian-wheezy-upgrade-php-5-4-to-5-5

 root@mercury:/etc/drupal/8# /usr/bin/php5  -v
 PHP 5.5.38-1~dotdeb+7.1 (cli) (built: Jul 21 2016 19:11:26)
 Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group
 Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.0.6-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2015, by Zend Technologies