Answers.Body: <p>Normally you don't install from github you would get it from <a href="https://civicrm.org/download" rel="noreferrer">https://civicrm.org/download</a> and then follow the instructions at <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/drupal7" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/drupal7</a></p>
  
  <p>If you are looking to do <em>development</em> it might be easiest to start here instead: <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/dev/en/latest/tools/buildkit/" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/dev/en/latest/tools/buildkit/</a> </p>
  
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Answers.Text: Yes. All operating systems.
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Answers.Text: No. You need to follow the instructions at the link above in the admin guide, which will install civicrm, and it will create civicrm.settings.php. If you need step-by-step help you can go to chat.civicrm.org or consider contacting someone from https://civicrm.org/partners-contributors
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Body: <p>Excuse me I am new to Civicrm and got stuck, I installed Civicrm-drupal from github, I wanted to check if the configurations are correct so I ran the command "civix civicrm:ping", but I got this exception:</p>
  
  <p>[Exception]<br>
    Failed to locate civicrm.settings.php. By default, this tool searches the p<br>
    arent directories for a standard CMS (Drupal, WordPress, etal) and standard<br>
     civicrm.settings.php. Symlinks and multisite configurations may interfere.<br>
     To customize, set variable CIVICRM_SETTINGS to point to the preferred civi<br>
    crm.settings.php.<br>
  civicrm:ping</p>
  
  <p>I searched for this exception and found out that I need to change the directory where the civicrm.settings.php is, and usually it is in this path: sites/default/civicrm.settings.php.</p>
  
  <p>Now the problem is that I can not find Civicrm.settings.php anywhere, not in the above path nor anywhere.</p>
  
  <p>Please advise me.</p>
  
  <p>Regards</p>
  
Tags: <drupal><civicrm.settings.php>
Title: Can not find Civicrm.settings.php
ThreadText: # Can not find Civicrm.settings.php
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-10-05)
  
  Excuse me I am new to Civicrm and got stuck, I installed Civicrm-drupal from github, I wanted to check if the configurations are correct so I ran the command "civix civicrm:ping", but I got this exception:
  
  [Exception]  
  Failed to locate civicrm.settings.php. By default, this tool searches the p  
  arent directories for a standard CMS (Drupal, WordPress, etal) and standard  
  civicrm.settings.php. Symlinks and multisite configurations may interfere.  
  To customize, set variable CIVICRM\_SETTINGS to point to the preferred civi  
  crm.settings.php.  
  civicrm:ping
  
  I searched for this exception and found out that I need to change the directory where the civicrm.settings.php is, and usually it is in this path: sites/default/civicrm.settings.php.
  
  Now the problem is that I can not find Civicrm.settings.php anywhere, not in the above path nor anywhere.
  
  Please advise me.
  
  Regards
  
  **Tags:** drupal, civicrm.settings.php
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-10-05. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  Normally you don't install from github you would get it from <https://civicrm.org/download> and then follow the instructions at <https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/drupal7>
  
  If you are looking to do *development* it might be easiest to start here instead: <https://docs.civicrm.org/dev/en/latest/tools/buildkit/>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Do I download Civicrm from this link https://civicrm.org/download if I am working on Ubuntu?  
  > **username_1**: Yes. All operating systems.  
  > **username_0**: Ok, thanks very much  
  > **username_0**: I am sorry, a last question please, is civicrm.settings.php.template the same as civicrm.settings.php ? @username_1  
  > **username_1**: No. You need to follow the instructions at the link above in the admin guide, which will install civicrm, and it will create civicrm.settings.php. If you need step-by-step help you can go to chat.civicrm.org or consider contacting someone from https://civicrm.org/partners-contributors  
  > **username_0**: Alright, thanks again  
  
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