How to install Joomla via SSH

Step 1: Login to your server and go to the respective user domain directory path to where you want to install joomla
Step 2: Download joomla from the internet using wget command

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Command: wget https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/releases/download/3.4.3/Joomla_3.4.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip
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Step 3: Once the joomla zip file downloaded use the unzip command to extract it

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Command:Unzip Joomla_3.4.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip
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Step 4: Now, we have to create the database for the user directory. We can do it either by the cPanel database option or command line.

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From cPanel: Login to your cPanel ? Database section ? mysql databases ? Create database and user ? Assign user to the joomla database
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From command line:
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Drop in to MySQL to create the database:

MYSQL -u root -p

and enter the password for the root MySQL user.

2. Create the database:

CREATE DATABASE joomla;

3. Create the user:

CREATE USER user@localhost;

4. Create the password for “user”

SET PASSWORD FOR user@localhost= PASSWORD(“password”);

5. Assign permissions to user on joomla database:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla.* TO user@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’;

6. Refresh MySQL to reflect changes:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

7. Exit MySQL:

exit
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Step 5: Once you created the databases, you would need to configure the database on the joomla database configuration file ‘configuration.php’ and enter the details.

Step 6: Now Proceed the installation and overview part on front end via browser.

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