[wp-testers] upgrading from 2.0.12

[alonzo fretwell]

hahaha!!!

ty christian!

been there, done that, wrote home about it more than once! ;)

check the threads for "oznola" in the forum support.

although i just post this thread it looks like i will have to try this on my
own.


can anyone else offer advice on my original question?

thanks everyone. :)



On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Christian Jantz <public at thereaper.de> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> you need to enable ModRewrite for your directory. It is usually just set
> for /var/www , but sometimes not even for that directory.
> Just set the following into your apache2.conf or httpd.conf
>
> <directory /usr/share/wordpress/>
>    AllowOverride All
> </directory>
>
> This will also enable htaccess powered folder protection and so on there.
> Greets
> Christian
> Am 09.04.2010 um 00:34 schrieb alonzo fretwell:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i am running wp 2.0.12 on a debian etch server. i like the archetecture
> of
> > the install but i want the new features.
> >
> > is it possible for me to just unpack 3.0 such that it would replace
> 2.0.12
> > on my system?
> >
> > /usr/share/wordpress is the location of my current version of wp as
> > installed by apt-get. can i just unpack 3.0 in /usr/share and follow the
> > 5min instructions? i presume all the symbolic links and so forth would be
> > the same but i could be wrong.
> >
> > also, the reason i want to use the current apt-get install architecture
> is
> > that i could not get custom permalinks to work with 2.9.2 using the 5min
> > instructions (but custom permalinks ~does~ work with wordpress.deb
> install).
> >
> > please advise.
> >
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