[TYPO3] Typo3 4.0 Install Problems

[Amir M.]

Christoph Koehler wrote:
> Amir,
> 
> Best installation guidelines I have seen:
> 
> Do the following, in the correct order!
> 1.) Remove the folders typo3/, media/, tslib/, t3lib/ and the files
>     showpic.php and index.php (alternatively to deleting, you can move
>     them to a backup location, but they must be completely out of the
>     way)
> 2.) Copy the new 4.0 source into the site location
> 3.) Go to the Install Tool->Database Analyser->Update required  
> tables->COMPARE and IMPORT
> 
> That is without shell access to the server.
> If you do have access, just rename or remove the dirs in 1.), then 
> create  some symlinks:
> typo3_src -> whichever source folder you have, probably typo3_src-4.0 
> or  whatever it's called.
> t3lib -> typo3_src/t3lib
> typo3 -> typo3_src/typo3
> index.php -> typo3_src/index.php
> 
> This is pretty much the same as without shell access, except that 
> instead  of copying the files from the source folder to the respective 
> dirs in your  main dir, you just create a symlink to them, so that all 
> you have to do to  update later is change the typo3_src symlink to the 
> new source folder.
> 
> That's how easy it is!
> 
> Christoph

So you are basically saying that we do not need the t3lib or the media 
directories at all?

Also, I do have shell access, but what are the actual commands in putty 
to do those symlinks?

Thanks for the reply Christoph!