Drupal installs easily on phpwebhosting.com servers. ssh to your server and type the following:
1. Download drupal
wget http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/drupal/files/projects/drupal-4.7.2.tar.gz
(get the latest download address from the drupal website)
2. unpack it and cd to the drupal directory
tar xzpvf drupal-4.7.2.tar.gz
3. make drupal your default web dir
mv www www_old
mv drupal-4.7.2 www
(you can also keep your existing www directory and move drupal to a subdir of www)
4. Edit the config file
emacs sites/default/settings.php
search for :
$db_url = ‘mysql://your_username_here:your_password_here@localhost/your_database_name’;
(line 87 in the current settings.php – might change in the future)
Be sure to replace :
your_username_here
your_password_here
your_database_name
with your actual username, password and database. When you signup a database with your username is created automatically. You can use that one or create a new one.
5. Create the database
mysql -u your_username -p your_database_name < database/database.4.1.mysql 6. Load your site Go to your site and create a user. The first user created will become the admin user with all rights. 7. Your are done - enjoy!