How to install Drupal Console

February 04, 2016

Here is a list of the required steps to properly install Drupal Console in your system.

1) Download the latest project version
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2) Test the downloaded file is working properly
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Execute phar

3) Move to a globally accessing path on your system and apply it executable permissions

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4) Copy the provided configuration files to user home directory.

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drupal init

5) Take advantage of command autocomplete feature.

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drupal console autocomplete

6) Update to the latest version.

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That’s it, you sould have the DrupalConsole project installed and fully funcional on your system, make sure you ask any doubts or questions by commenting on this blog post.


UPDATE (2016-02-09): If you are interested in making your terminal look as the images on this blog post, you can take a look at this post on my personal blog Improve your shell using fish and oh my fish