Installing wordpress using pacman, and then what?

twall · 2012-06-28 21:27:08

I have a server running arch linux and I installed wordpress using pacman.

But the problem is, that I want to be able to use this package, update it, as updates arrive, and at the same time, modify it to my will (e.g. using a custom theme, upload files etc.)

How should I solve this? Symlinking all files doesn't work, because there are subfolders i want to put stuff inside (e.g. wp-content). Also mod_rewrite doesn't cut it, because that wouldn't help for the php includes. Just to make it clear: copying the package is not an option: then I would have to care about the following updates myself, etc.

So how do I keep my wordpress install versioned by my package manager, but also have one or multiple sites online?
Or in other words: how do I merge two folders transparent to php?

Last edited by twall (2012-06-28 21:28:08)

funkypotatoe · 2012-06-30 08:52:33

Why would you install wordpress using pacman ?
p.s. Wordpress update function from Wordpress admin panel works fine.

Last edited by funkypotatoe (2012-06-30 08:55:18)

twall · 2012-07-01 14:18:13

funkypotatoe wrote:

Why would you install wordpress using pacman ?

If I was to run multiple blogs, why should I keep the same files multiple times?
Why would there be a wordpress-package in Community, if it's no use?

funkypotatoe wrote:

p.s. Wordpress update function from Wordpress admin panel works fine.

I know. But I want to use pacman to keep my server up to date. Imagine having 20 or even 3000 wordpress blogs on your sever. I wouldn't want to be the one to update them all inside the admin panel...

drcouzelis · 2012-07-01 18:20:37

There are fine reasons to install it using pacman and fine reasons to install it manually. Either way, I think the original question still stands.

I install themes manually by downloading them, switching user, and copying the files to where they need to be. I'm sure there's a better way to do it.

I've had a slightly similar question: recently, pacman started installing WordPress in "/usr/share/webapps/wordpress", and to get in onto my website I created a softlink to it at "/home/www/wordpress". Is there a more normal or "official" way to serve WordPress?

funkypotatoe · 2012-07-01 20:57:09

twall wrote:

If I was to run multiple blogs, why should I keep the same files multiple times?
I know. But I want to use pacman to keep my server up to date. Imagine having 20 or even 3000 wordpress blogs on your sever. I wouldn't want to be the one to update them all inside the admin panel...

Ok. Why would you need to copy files for another blog ? All you have to do - change prefix in database & upload another theme.

santodelaespada · 2012-07-10 07:43:16

If you choose to install wordpress manually, do it in /srv/http.
Do not forget to chown to http:http all files and the plugins update is done without further config if you have a ssh server running.

twall · 2012-07-11 12:48:51

funkypotatoe wrote:

twall wrote:
If I was to run multiple blogs, why should I keep the same files multiple times?
I know. But I want to use pacman to keep my server up to date. Imagine having 20 or even 3000 wordpress blogs on your sever. I wouldn't want to be the one to update them all inside the admin panel...
Ok. Why would you need to copy files for another blog ? All you have to do - change prefix in database & upload another theme.

But that means that all blogs share the same plugins and themes: But I'd like to have them separated.

I have a almost working solution now. I will post it as soon as everything works as expected (there are still some problems with certain plugins...)

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#1 2012-06-28 21:27:08

Installing wordpress using pacman, and then what?

#2 2012-06-30 08:52:33

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#3 2012-07-01 14:18:13

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