Installation

TYPO3 download based instance

If you downloaded and unpacked a full TYPO3 core from get.typo3.org, just install the system as usual. In the last installation step you can select the option Yes, download the list of distributions. On first backend login, you will be redirected to the extension manager "Get preconfigured distribution" and can install the "The Official TYPO3 Introduction Package" with one click.

If you want to test the distribution in an existing instance, just select the extension manager in the backend, go to "Get preconfigured distribution" and select "The Official TYPO3 Introduction Package".

Note the extension can be unloaded and removed from the system after initial import, all business code is within the bootstrap_package extension that comes along with the introduction extension, all required content data is loaded into the database and required files are put into fileadmin/introduction upon first installation.

Composer based instance

If you base your TYPO3 instance on a modern Composer based installation, just require the package via Composer:

composer require typo3/cms-introduction
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Since TYPO3 11.5 it is essential to setup the extension afterwards by running the following command:

composer exec typo3 extension:setup
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For older core versions go to the backend extension manager and activate the extension in "Installed Extensions".

Removal

To remove the package from the instance, the following steps are needed:

  • Unload extensions "introduction" and "bootstrap_package"
  • Delete the two extension in the extension manager
  • Remove the page tree starting with root page "Congratulations"
  • Remove all files from fileadmin/introduction using the backend Filelist module
  • (Optional) If you want to re-install ext:introduction on an instance that had ext:introduction loaded before, the data import is only performed if you (manually) remove the keys marked with extensionDataImport in column entry_namespace from database table sys_registry that are related to the introduction paths. Note it is often easier to just install TYPO3 from scratch if you just want to play around.