Installing Drush on GoDaddy Shared Linux Hosting

If you’re looking to install Drush on your shared hosting GoDadddy account; you must first enable SSH for your account. Once SSH has been enabled you can then use the tutorial below to install Drush; follow each step and you will be using Drush in just a few quick steps.

Enable SSH on your GoDaddy Account.

Connect via ssh using your primary the primary FTP account

wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush-7.x-5.9.tar.gz

Extract the source files using the tar command, and verify that the drush folder exists.

tar -pzxf drush-7.x-5.9.tar.gz

Create a file and name it .bash_profile, use vi to create the file.

vi .bash_profile

Add the following data by pressing i and pasting the following information using insert mode.

export DRUSH_PHP="/usr/local/php5/bin/php"
export COLUMNS
alias drush="/usr/local/php5/bin/php ~/drush/drush.php"
alias php="/usr/local/php5/bin/php"

After the lines have been pasted, press Esc to exit insert mode and type :wq and press enter.

After the file closes, you may repeat the process to ensure the lines were properly written.

Once you have confirmed that the lines were written to .bash_profile you will need to update your session by using the following command.

source .bash_profile

Confirm that drush installed properly and the proper aliases have been set, by

drush

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Will works as a technical lead for Kanopi Studios and provides Drupal support for a wide range of amazing projects. He current resides in South Carolina along with his wife, son and two dogs. When not working on tech projects, Will enjoys spending time with family and photographing the stars.