Install Zend Framework 1.8 on Ubuntu with Zend_Tool

One of new features in ZendFramework 1.8 is "Zend_Tool".
Zend_Tool provides a command-line script that can be used to ease many common project related tasks like

• setting up the project tree
• add controllers
• add actions (and related view scripts)
• add model classes
• etc.

This instruction will guideline you to install Zend Framework 1.8 on Ubuntu with Zend_Tool.

One of new features in ZendFramework 1.8 is "Zend_Tool".
Zend_Tool provides a command-line script that can be used to ease many common project related tasks like

• setting up the project tree
• add controllers
• add actions (and related view scripts)
• add model classes
• etc.

This instruction will guideline you to install Zend Framework 1.8 on Ubuntu with Zend_Tool.
FYI my environment are:

• Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)
• Apache 2.2

1. download ZendFramework minimal at http://zendframework.com/download/latest
   I use Zend Framework 1.8.3 that released on June 09, 2009. and keepfile at desktop
2. extract compress file to /usr/local/ pangpond@Julius:~$ sudo tar --directory=/usr/local/ -xzvf ./Desktop/ZendFramework-1.8.3-minimal.tar.gz
3. rename extracted folder to ZendFrameworkCli pangpond@Julius:~$ sudo mv /usr/local/ZendFramework-1.8.3-minimal /usr/local/ZendFrameworkCli
4. open ~/.bashrc and uncomment following line pangpond@Julius:~$ sudo vim ~/.bashrc

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
. ~/.bash_aliases
fi
5. open ~/.bash_aliases to add alias then close terminal and open a new terminal window to take effect. pangpond@Julius:~$ sudo vim ~/.bash_aliases

alias zf='/usr/local/ZendFrameworkCli/bin/zf.sh'
6. now run zf command to check zf version pangpond@Julius:~$ zf show version
Zend Framework Version: 1.8.3
7. cd to your www root path and use zf create project projectname command to create project and tree (I create at store all project at ~/Sites)pangpond@Julius:~$ cd ~/Sites/
pangpond@Julius:~/Sites$ zf create project zendframework
8. copy all Zend library to project library path pangpond@Julius:~/Sites$ cp -R /usr/local/ZendFrameworkCli/library/Zend ~/Sites/zendframework/library/
9. now I have to config virtualhost pangpond@Julius:~/Sites$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

ServerName zendframework
DocumentRoot /home/pangpond/Sites/zendframework/public
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Directory /home/pangpond/Sites/zendframework/public/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
10. restart apache to take effect pangpond@Julius:~/Sites$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
11. edit /etc/hosts file pangpond@Julius:~/Sites$ sudo vim /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 zendframework

and then enter http://zendframework in browser. If everything ok you will see welcome screen like this.