How to Install Pico on Alpine Linux Latest

Pico is a lightweight and simple-to-use, flat-file CMS that can be used to create static websites. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Pico on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

  • A server with Alpine Linux Latest installed and configured
  • A terminal or SSH client with sudo access

Steps

  1. Update the system

Run the following command to update the system:

sudo apk update && apk upgrade
  1. Install PHP and other required packages
sudo apk add php7 \
php7-dev \
php7-mbstring \
php7-ctype \
php7-gd \
php7-xml \
php7-simplexml \
php7-dom \
php7-pecl-imagick \
php7-json \
php7-zlib \
php7-curl \
php7-session \
php7-opcache \
php7-openssl \
php7-fileinfo \
php7-phar \
php7-iconv \
php7-pdo_mysql \
php7-tokenizer \
php7-zip \
git \
curl \
wget \
vim
  1. Install Composer
cd /tmp && curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php && mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
  1. Create a new directory and navigate to the directory
mkdir /var/www && cd /var/www
  1. Clone Pico
git clone https://github.com/picocms/Pico.git
  1. Install the PHP dependencies
cd Pico/ && composer install --no-dev
  1. Start a PHP development server
php -S localhost:8000
  1. Access Pico in a web browser

Open a web browser and access the Pico web interface at http://localhost:8000/.

You can now begin to customize and create your website using Pico.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Pico on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use this flat-file CMS to create your static website.