Install/Upgrade Wordpress Using SVN
Installing WordPress is fairly simple, but managing multiple blogs can become time-consuming when repeating the same tasks over and over. Download WordPress, uncompress files, and then FTP files to your webhost. Upgrading is not any easier, but luckily The Bandits have a solution. In this tutorial you will learn how to install and upgrade WordPress using Subversion.
Requirements
- A web host that allows shell access
- Terminal Program
- We recommend Putty for Windows and Terminal for Mac OS X
Install
To install WordPress using Subversion you would execute the following command from the shell of your web host, replacing version with the actual version you are installing:
svn co http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/version .
To install the latest version, 2.8.4, you would do the following:
svn co http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/2.8.4 .
When executing this command make sure that you are in your website’s root directory (normally public_html or www) or the directory that you would like to install WordPress in. Afterwards, finish the installation as you normally would by editing your wp-config.php file and running the WordPress installation script.
Upgrade
Upgrading is just as simple, but WordPress must have been installed using SVN (see above) for this upgrade method to work. To upgrade you would execute the following command from the shell of your web host, replacing version with the actual version you are upgrading to:
svn sw http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/version .
To upgrade to the latest version, 2.8.4, you would do the following:
svn sw http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/2.8.4 .