TYPO3 6.2 typo3_src should be a link

typo3 mamp symlink typo3-6.2.x

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You have to create symlinks manually, checklist:

Open the terminal

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

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

Go to destination folder:
```
cd /Application/MAMP/htdocs/typo3/
```
Still in this location unzip downloaded package (you can remove zip file after that)
```
unzip typo3_src-6.2.4.zip
```
Still in this location create a symlink to that extracted directory with name typo3_src :
```
ln -s typo3_src-6.2.4 typo3_src
```
Still in this location create a symlink to index.php pointing file in created symlink:
```
ln -s typo3_src/index.php index.php
```
Still in this location create a symlink to typo3 folder pointing folder in created symlink:
```
ln -s typo3_src/typo3 typo3
```
Still in this location copy file _.htaccess from source folder to host's root:
```
cp typo3_src/_.htaccess ./
```
Still in this location copy file composer.json from source folder to host's root:
```
cp typo3_src/composer.json ./
```
Still in this location create file FIRST_INSTALL
```
touch FIRST_INSTALL
```
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/

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Author by

Marcel Krebs

Updated on June 09, 2022

Comments

Marcel Krebs almost 2 years

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?
Marcel Krebs almost 10 years

System looks good, thx a lot. Just a little addition, it had to be "/Applications/" instead of "/Application/".
biesior almost 10 years

The idea with symlinks is, that you can replace whole sources to newer version just by replacing one symlink - i.e.: typo3_src -> typo3_src-6.9.9 ;)
Urs almost 10 years

And you can have multiple TYPO3s using the same source
B.Asselin almost 9 years

Step 8.1 mv _.htaccess .htaccess
klues over 3 years

Just migrating from v9 to v10, for this Step 7.1 ln -s typo3_src/vendor vendor is missing