TYPO3 6.2 typo3_src should be a link

Question

I wanna setup a TYPO3 6.2 Installation on MAMP PRO but when I start I get the error:

/typo3_src should be a link, but it does not exist Links cannot be fixed by this system

So what to do now? Structure is: Application/MAMP/htdocs/typo3/

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You have to create symlinks manually, checklist:

1. Open the terminal

2. Move downloaded typo3_src-6.2.4.zip to host's root

   mv ~/Downloads/typo3_src-6.2.4.zip /Application/MAMP/htdocs/typo3/
   

3. Go to destination folder:

   cd /Application/MAMP/htdocs/typo3/
   

4. Still in this location unzip downloaded package (you can remove zip file after that)

   unzip typo3_src-6.2.4.zip
   

5. Still in this location create a symlink to that extracted directory with name typo3_src :

   ln -s typo3_src-6.2.4 typo3_src
   

6. Still in this location create a symlink to index.php pointing file in created symlink:

   ln -s typo3_src/index.php index.php
   

7. Still in this location create a symlink to typo3 folder pointing folder in created symlink:

   ln -s typo3_src/typo3 typo3
   

8. Still in this location copy file _.htaccess from source folder to host's root:

   cp typo3_src/_.htaccess ./
   

9. Still in this location copy file composer.json from source folder to host's root:

   cp typo3_src/composer.json ./
   

10. Still in this location create file FIRST_INSTALL

    touch FIRST_INSTALL
    

11. That's it! Open the host in the browser and start the configuration

After all the steps your file structure should look like (command ls -la):

FIRST_INSTALL
_.htaccess
composer.json
index.php -> typo3_src/index.php
typo3 -> typo3_src/typo3
typo3_src -> typo3_src-6.2.4
typo3_src-6.2.4

NOTE: try to avoid using name typo3 as a folder name for host's root, it's better to use name according to project i.e.: /Application/MAMP/htdocs/my-project-1/