How to Install WordPress in Linux

Step 1: Prerequisites

• Install Web Server
• PHP
• MySQL Server

Step 2: Create WordPress Database

# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
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Your MySQL connection id is 834
Server version: 5.6.24 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

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mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
+--------------------+
3 rows in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> create database wordpress;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> grant all privileges on wordpress.* to wordpress@'localhost' identified by 'password';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> exit
Bye

Step 3: Install WordPress

To Install wordpress package use the yum command i.e.

# yum --enablerepo=epel -y install wordpress

Step 4: Configure WordPress

Edit the wp-config.php file to configure wordpress

# vi /etc/wordpress/wp-config.php

define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
define('DB_USER', 'wordpress');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('WPLANG', 'ja');

# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/wordpress.conf
Allow from all

# mkdir /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/languages
# wget -P /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/languages \
http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/ja/tags/`rpm -q wordpress | cut -d"-" -f2`/messages/ja.mo \
http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/ja/tags/`rpm -q wordpress | cut -d"-" -f2`/messages/admin-ja.mo \
http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/ja/tags/`rpm -q wordpress | cut -d"-" -f2`/messages/admin-network-ja.mo \
http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/ja/tags/`rpm -q wordpress | cut -d"-" -f2`/messages/continents-cities-ja.mo

Step 5: Restart apache Server

Restart apache server:

# service httpd restart
OR
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: [ OK ]