How to install Drupal 7 through shell using Drush

Danreb › February 3rd, 2012
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First you need to login to your server then type the following command seen on this screenshot, the code is shown below.

Code

Step 1 - Go into your public_html folder
  cd ~/public_html

Step 2 - Download Drupal using drush command
  drush dl drupal

Note: If successful, drupal will be downloaded inside public_html/drupal-7.12 directory

Step 3 - Go inside drupal-7.12 folder
   cd drupal-7.12

Step 4 - Move all files into public_html
    mv * .* ..

Step 5 - Go to public_html directory, up one level
    cd ..

Step 6 - Clean up, delete the empty folder
    rm -rf drupal-7.12

Step 7 - Install drupal using drush
     drush site-install --db-url=mysql://dbusername:password@localhost/dbname

Follow the instructions and answer yes if you ask to continue. After installation, take note of username/password given to you. Visit the browser and enjoy your new Drupal 7 website