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1. Obtain the latest Drupal release and extract the contents of the compressed file.

$ wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-x.x.tar.gz

$ tar -xzvf drupal-x.x.tar.gz

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2. Move the contents of  the drupal-x.x directory into a directory within your web server's document root or public HTML directory (ensure that the .htaccess file, a hidden file, is successfully moved into the destination directory as well).

$ mv -v drupal-x.x public_html/your_drupal_directory

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3. Make a copy of the default.settings.php file in the sites/default directory and name the copy settings.php.

$ cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php

$ chmod a+w sites/default/settings.php
$ chmod a+w sites/default

5. Create a database for Drupal. Make note of your username and password as you will need it when the Drupal install script runs.

mysqladmincreate -udatabase [mysqlusername] -p create [databasename]
mysql -u [mysqlusername] -p

enter your password

grant all on [databasename].* to [db_user_name>@<server] identified bydrupaldatabase];
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES ON [drupaldatabase].* TO '[drupaldatabaseuser]'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '[password]'; 
 
flush privileges;
exit

6. Run the install script by pointing your browser to the base URL of your website (e.g. http://www.example.com/).

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