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title: Download Different Versions of Drupal with Drush
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date: 2013-12-31
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excerpt: How to download different versions of Drupal core using Drush.
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tags:
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- drupal
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- drupal-planet
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- drush
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---
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If you use
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[Drush](https://raw.github.com/drush-ops/drush/master/README.md 'About Drush'),
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it's likely that you've used the `drush pm-download` (or `drush dl` for short)
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command to start a new project. This command downloads projects from Drupal.org,
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but if you don't specify a project or type "drush dl drupal", the command will
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download the current stable version of Drupal core. Currently, this will be
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Drupal 7 with that being the current stable version of core at the time of
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writing this post.
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But what if you don't want Drupal 7?
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I still maintain a number of Drupal 6 sites and occassionally need to download
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Drupal 6 core as opposed to Drupal 7. I'm also experimenting with Drupal 8 so I
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need to download that as well.
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By declarding the core version of Drupal, such as "drupal-6", Drush will
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download that instead.
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```language-bash
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$ drush dl drupal-6
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```
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This downloads the most recent stable version of Drupal 6. If you don't want
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that, you can add the --select and additionally the --all options to be
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presented with an entire list to chose from.
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```language-bash
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$ drush dl drupal-6 --select
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$ drush dl drupal-6 --select --all
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```
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If you want the most recent development version, just type:
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```language-bash
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$ drush dl drupal-6.x
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```
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The same can be done for other core versions of Drupal, from Drupal 5 upwards.
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```language-bash
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# This will download Drupal 5
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$ drush dl drupal-5
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# This will download Drupal 8
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$ drush dl drupal-8
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```
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For a full list of the available options, type "drush help pm-download" into a
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Terminal window or take a look at the entry on
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[drush.ws](http://drush.ws/#pm-download, 'The entry for pm-download on drush.ws').
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