Template:Drupal OS Installation

This website contains links to software which is either no longer maintained or will be supported only until the end of 2019 (CKFinder 2). For the latest documentation about current CKSource projects, including software like CKEditor 4/CKEditor 5, CKFinder 3, Cloud Services, Letters, Accessibility Checker, please visit the new documentation website.

If you look for an information about very old versions of CKEditor, FCKeditor and CKFinder check also the CKEditor forum, which was closed in 2015. If not, please head to StackOverflow for support.

important note
These instructions assume that you install the CKEditor for Drupal module in the sites/all/modules directory (recommended). If you want to use the sites/all/libraries/ directory, you will need to adjust the paths given in the instructions accordingly.


If you want to install the CKEditor module on your Drupal {{{version}}} site, follow the steps described below.

First of all, download the installation package (.zip or tar.gz archive) for Drupal {{{version}}} from the official CKEditor for Drupal module site at drupal.org.

Unpack the contents of the installation package into the drupal/sites/all/modules directory. When the files are unpacked, you should see the following file structure inside the drupal/sites/all/modules directory:

modules                <dir>
   ...
   ckeditor            <dir>
      ckeditor         <dir>
      images           <dir>
      includes         <dir>
      plugins          <dir>
      changelog.txt
      ckeditor.api.php
      ckeditor.css
      ckeditor.info
      ckeditor.install
      ckeditor.module
      ...

Download standalone CKEditor from http://ckeditor.com/download. Unpack the contents of the ckeditor directory from the installation package to the sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor (or sites/all/libraries/ckeditor) directory.

important note
You can skip uploading the _samples and _source folders. See the Minimum Setup article for some more tips regarding the minimum required CKEditor setup.


Go to the Administration Panel of your Drupal {{{version}}} site and choose the Modules option from the Site Building section. Scroll down to the User interface section and select the checkbox next to the CKEditor module name.

[[Image:Drupal_{{{version}}}_Enterprise_enable_module.png|frame|center|Enabling the CKEditor module in the Drupal {{{version}}} Administration Panel]]