Install Thunder

Install

System requirements

You have to install PHP, composer and git on your computer before you can install Thunder. The composer requires git command for proper functioning.

To install PHP please take a look at official Installation and Configuration for PHP. On top of PHP, you need to install the required libraries. Thunder installation requires the following PHP libraries: xmlwriter, gd, mbstring, curl, json and pdo_sqlite. The installation of PHP extensions can differ between operating systems, that’s why you should check for detailed instructions on PHP Installation and Configuration.

To install composer, you can check the composer installation instructions and for git you can find installation instructions here.

Project setup

To setup a new project, run this in your console to install Thunder from the command line:

composer create-project thunder/thunder-project thunder --no-interaction --no-install
cd thunder
composer install
composer drupal:scaffold

Run locally

To quickly run this installation locally call the following command from within the docroot:

php core/scripts/drupal quick-start thunder

NOTE: This command is useful to try Thunder locally, but it’s not the way to run it in production.

Beyond quick install

For any further information on how to run and maintain your installation in production environments please refer to the Drupal User Guide.

Update

To update Thunder or any module to the newest version, constrained by the specified version in composer.json, execute composer update. This command will check every dependency for a new version, downloads it and updates it accordingly.

You should execute database updates after that.

UI

After you have updated your code with composer command, you can go to your site page /update.php and follow instructions to update your site database.

Command line

To update the database in the command line, you need to have drush installed.

You can run drush command in the docroot folder of your site to update the database of your site like this:

$ drush updb

Extend

Find extensions

You can find extensions on Drupal.org. On the following page, you can search for Modules and on this page for Themes. You can find further information on extensions in the Drupal User Guide - Extending and Customizing Your Site.

If you know the name of the extension you are looking for, the fastest way is to search it using Google or any other search engine, adding drupal to the search. For example: drupal webform

Add extension

Using ‘composer’, you can also manage the dependencies of your Thunder site and extensions.

To add an extension to your project, go to the root of your site (there should be a composer.json file) and add modules by typing

$ composer require drupal/[short name of the extension]

into the command line.

For example:

$ composer require drupal/webform

Install extension

You can install extensions via the UI or the command line.

You can install modules by going to your site page admin/modules, or by clicking on Extend in the menu at the top. Here you can search for the module already added to your project by entering the name in the filter box at the top. To actually install a module, select the checkbox next to it, scroll to the bottom and click Install. You might be warned that another module needs to be enabled because it is required for the module of your interest. By clicking on continue, Thunder will take care of that.

You can install themes by going to your site page admin/appearance, or by clicking on Appearance in the menu at the top. Here you can scroll to the theme you would like to install and click on Install and set as default to directly use the theme for your site.

Command line

To install a theme or module at the command line, you need to have drush installed.

You can run drush command in the docroot folder of your site to install a module like this:

$ drush en [module]

And to install a theme, you can run drush command like this:

$ drush then [theme]

To use a theme, you still have to navigate to Appearance (admin/appearance) and set it as default.

Uninstall extension

To uninstall an extension, you have to uninstall it first and then remove the code. You can uninstall extensions via the UI or the command line, but to remove the code from your project, you have to use composer.

Uninstall in UI

You can uninstall modules by going to your site page admin/modules, or by clicking on Extend in the menu at the top and then by clicking on Uninstall tab. Here you can search for the module by entering the name in the filter box at the top. To uninstall a module, select the checkbox next to it, scroll to the bottom and click Uninstall. You might be warned that another module needs to be uninstalled because it depends on the module that you want to remove. By clicking on continue, Thunder will take care of that.

You can uninstall themes by going to your site page admin/appearance, or by clicking on Appearance in the menu at the top. Here you can scroll to the theme you would like to uninstall. If your site is using that theme as default, you have to select another default theme before you can uninstall it. When your site is not using that theme as default, you can click Uninstall next to it to uninstall it.

Uninstall with command line

To uninstall a theme or module at the command line, you need to have drush installed.

After that, you can run drush command in the docroot folder of your site to uninstall a module like this:

$ drush pm:uninstall [module]

To uninstall a theme, you still have to select another theme as default. It’s explained in Uninstall in UI part.

And then you to uninstall a theme, you can run drush command like this:

$ drush theme:uninstall [theme]

Remove extension

After you have uninstalled an extension from your site, you can also remove the code from your project.

If you want to remove a module, that was provided by Thunder, you will have to add it to your composer.json file in the replace block. Modules, that you added yourself by the above commands, do not have to be placed there.

 "replace": {
     "drupal/google_analytics": "*"
 }

For more information on using the composer replace check the official composer documentation

To remove code you can execute a command like this:

$ composer remove drupal/[short name of the extension]