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title: "Install the Site Studio modules manually"
date: "2018-10-15T15:29:37+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to manually install Site Studio modules for Drupal. Follow our step-by-step guide to download, set up dependencies, and enable the core features. Perfect for developers and site builders looking to enhance their Drupal experience."
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Complete the following steps to install the Site Studio modules manually:

1.  [Download the Site Studio modules](#download-modules)
2.  [Download the Site Studio minimal theme](#download-minimal-theme)
3.  [Download dependencies](#download-dependencies)
4.  [Install Site Studio](#install-site-studio)

Download the Site Studio modules
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1.  Navigate to the download page for the module: [https://github.com/acquia/cohesion/releases](https://github.com/acquia/cohesion/releases.).
2.  Click **zip** or **tar.gz** on the top entry to download the modules.
3.  After the file is downloaded, unzip to the `/modules/contrib/` directory of your Drupal project.
    
    Acquia recommends that you rename the downloaded directory to "site\_studio”. This archive contains all the Site Studio modules and submodules but not the dependencies. If you attempt to enable the module after unzipping it, you are prompted to install additional drupal.org module dependencies.
    

Download the Site Studio minimal theme
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1.  Navigate to the download page for the theme: [https://github.com/acquia/cohesion-theme/releases](https://github.com/acquia/cohesion-theme/releases).
2.  Click **zip** or **tar.gz** on the top entry to download the theme.
3.  Unzip this archive to the `/themes/contrib/` directory of your project.
    
    Acquia recommends that you rename the downloaded directory to "site\_studio\_theme". This theme has no other dependencies apart from Site Studio so it can be enabled and used immediately.
    

Download dependencies
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1.  Download the contributed modules that Site Studio requires. You can see these in the cohesion.info.yml file in the zip you downloaded in step 1 to look at the dependencies section:
    
        dependencies:
          - contextual
          - token
          - imce
          - entity_reference_revisions
          - settings_tray
    
2.  Download the archive for each of these modules from drupal.org to the same `/modules/contrib/` directory.  
    You can download the modules using the following links:
    
    Token - https://www.drupal.org/project/token   
    IMCE - https://www.drupal.org/project/imce   
    Entity reference revisions - https://www.drupal.org/project/entity\_reference\_revisions
    
    Contextual and settings tray are both included in Drupal core and are not needed to be downloaded separately.
    
3.  Enable Site Studio from the UI or through Drush.

Install Site Studio
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1.  Log in to the Site Studio user interface as an admin user.
2.  Click **Extend** on the admin toolbar.
3.  Enable Site Studio core and dependent modules together except the **Site Studio example custom element** module.
4.  Click the form submit button and agree to install the dependencies.
    
    The admin toolbar displays the **Site Studio** menu item.
    

Alternatively, you can enable the modules with the following Drush command:

    drush pm-enable cohesion cohesion_base_styles cohesion_custom_styles cohesion_elements cohesion_style_helpers cohesion_sync cohesion_templates cohesion_website_settings -y