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The Drupal Console is a CLI tool to generate boilerplate code, interact and debug Drupal 8.
Details of the latest version can be found on the Drupal Console project page under https://drupalconsole.com/.
All notable changes to this project will be documented in the releases page
The most up-to-date documentation can be found at http://docs.drupalconsole.com/.
More information about using this project at the official documentation.
PHP 5.5.9 or higher is required to use the Drupal Console application.
The Drupal 8 supported version is Drupal 8.0.x.
# Run this in your terminal to get the latest Console version:
curl https://drupalconsole.com/installer -L -o drupal.phar
# Or if you don't have curl:
php -r "readfile('https://drupalconsole.com/installer');" > drupal.phar
# Accessing from anywhere on your system:
mv drupal.phar /usr/local/bin/drupal
# Apply executable permissions on the downloaded file:
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/drupal
# Copy configuration files.
drupal init --override
# Check and validate system requirements
drupal check
# Download, install and serve Drupal 8:
drupal chain --file=~/.console/chain/quick-start.yml
# Create a new Drupal 8 project:
drupal site:new drupal8.dev --latest
# Lists all available commands:
drupal list
# Update to the latest version.
drupal self-update
You can ask for support at Drupal Console gitter chat room http://bit.ly/console-support.
Fork your own copy of the Console repository to your account
Get a copy of your recently cloned version of console in your machine.
$ git clone git@github.com:[your-git-user-here]/DrupalConsole.git
Now that you have cloned the project, you need to download dependencies via Composer.
$ cd /path/to/DrupalConsole
$ composer install
After using Composer to download dependencies, you can run the project by executing:
$ bin/drupal
You can run this command to easily access the Drupal Console from anywhere on your system:
$ sudo ln -s /path/to/DrupalConsole/bin/drupal /usr/local/bin/drupal
NOTE: The name drupal is just an alias you can name it anything you like.
More information about how to contribute with this project at the official documentation.
# You can enable autocomplete by executing
drupal init
# Bash: Bash support depends on the http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/
# project which can be installed with your package manager of choice. Then add
# this line to your shell configuration file.
source "$HOME/.console/console.rc" 2>/dev/null
# Zsh: Add this line to your shell configuration file.
source "$HOME/.console/console.rc" 2>/dev/null
# Fish: Create a symbolic link
ln -s ~/.console/drupal.fish ~/.config/fish/completions/drupal.fish
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