Prerequisites for Usage

Prerequisites for Usage

wordmove-ng is orchestration glue around standard tools. It needs Ruby 3.0 or newer (see Install the appropriate Ruby version) plus the programs below. wordmove-ng doctor tells you exactly what is missing on which side.

Locally

Program	Needed for
ssh, scp, rsync	every remote operation
sshpass	only when ssh.password is set in the movefile
gzip	database sync
mysqldump or mariadb-dump	push -d (dumping the local database)
mysql or mariadb	pull -d (importing into the local database) and doctor
wp (WP-CLI)	pull -d (adapting the local database)

On each remote

In the $PATH of a non interactive login (check with ssh host 'echo $PATH').

Program	Needed for
rsync, gzip	file and database sync
mysqldump or mariadb-dump	pull -d
mysql or mariadb, wp	push -d

WP-CLI is a single PHAR file; if your host does not ship it, drop it in ~/bin and add that to PATH in ~/.bashrc / ~/.profile: https://wp-cli.org/#installing

macOS

Install Homebrew, then brew install rsync. sshpass is only needed for password authentication (brew install hudochenkov/sshpass/sshpass); prefer keys.

Windows

Use WSL: How to install Wordmove on Windows 10 with Bash.