How to install Drush manually

This article describes how to install Drush manually.

Installing Drush

The Drush installation process uses composer, a PHP dependency manager. Therefore, if you have not already installed composer on your account, you must do so before installing Drush.

To install Drush, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your account using SSH.
2. Select the Drush version you want to install:
   • To install Drush 10, type the following command:

     composer global require drush/drush:10.x
     

   • To install Drush 9, type the following command:
     

     composer global require drush/drush:9.x

3. To determine the correct composer path for your account, type the following command:
   

   composer config --global home
   

   The composer path is one of the following:
   

   • /home/username/.composer
   • /home/username/.config/composer

   You will need this information for the next step.

4. To add Drush to your path, type the following command. Replace composer_path with the path you obtained in step 3:
   

   echo 'export PATH="composer_path/vendor/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc

5. To make the new path take effect immediately, type the following command:
   

   source ~/.bashrc
   

   Drush is now installed and ready to use on your account.

   • To confirm Drush installed correctly, type the following command:

     drush version

   • To update Drush to the newest version, type the following command:
     

     composer global update drush/drush

More Information

For more information about Drush, please visit http://drush.org.