# State of disqus to discourse importer

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/state-of-disqus-to-discourse-importer/73844
**Category:** WordPress
**Created:** [10 בנובמבר,‏ 2017,‏ 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/state-of-disqus-to-discourse-importer/73844 "2017-11-10T18:03:58Z")
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### Author: ![Quintin\_Par](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/quintin_par/32/120500_2.png) [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)
#### Post date: [11 בנובמבר,‏ 2017,‏ 2:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/state-of-disqus-to-discourse-importer/73844/7 "2017-11-11T02:43:57Z")

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Is this how I should setup the dev environment?

> [@Install Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian for Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-ubuntu-for-development/14727/):
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> warning This guide covers installation instructions in a development environment. For a production guide see: [Install Discourse in production with the official supported instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-in-production/142537) So you want to set up Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian to hack on and develop with? We’ll assume that you work locally and don’t have Ruby/Rails/Postgres/Redis installed on your Ubuntu or Debian system. Let’s begin! Requirements We suggest having at least 4 GB RAM and 2 CPU cores. Current compatibility: O…

I am a bit surprised here because comments like this

> [@Import Wordpress comments through Disqus](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-wordpress-comments-through-disqus/31666):
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> Hi, I try to migrate my WordPress comments to Discourse. I’ve read a lot about that, and I saw I need to transit my comments through Disqus to do that, because imports script don’t work with WP at this time. I’ve installed Discourse with DigitalOcean and [the 30 min install](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md). Well, [inspired by this tutorial](http://www.railsonmaui.com/blog/2014/09/27/updating-to-jekyll-2-and-discourse-for-comments/), I’ve tried to import my xml from Disqus. First : $ RAILS\_ENV=production bundle exec thor disqus:import --file=irz.xml --post-as=disqus --dry-run Could not find command "disqus:import". Ok…

and  
[http://www.railsonmaui.com/blog/2014/09/27/updating-to-jekyll-2-and-discourse-for-comments/](http://www.railsonmaui.com/blog/2014/09/27/updating-to-jekyll-2-and-discourse-for-comments/)

don’t mention setting up env.

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