How to Install Plone on Clear Linux Latest

Introduction

Plone is a free and open-source content management system built on top of the Zope application server. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Plone on Clear Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start with this tutorial, you should have:

• A running instance of Clear Linux Latest.
• A user account with administrative privileges.
• A terminal window or shell console.

Step 1 - Install Prerequisites

The first step is to install the necessary software prerequisites required for installing Plone on your Clear Linux Latest system.

sudo swupd bundle-add packages-basic
sudo swupd bundle-add curl
sudo swupd bundle-add libssl-dev
sudo swupd bundle-add gcc
sudo swupd bundle-add make
sudo swupd bundle-add openssl
sudo swupd bundle-add zlib

Step 2 - Download Plone

Next, you need to download the latest version of the Plone source code from the official website. You can choose your preferred version by going to https://plone.org/download/releases.

cd /tmp
curl -O https://launchpad.net/plone/5.2/5.2.4/+download/Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller.tgz
tar -zxvf Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller.tgz

Step 3 - Install Plone

Now, navigate to the extracted Plone directory and run the installer script.

cd Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller/
./install.sh standalone

Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation.

After the installation completes successfully, you can access the Plone instance at http://localhost:8080.

Step 4 - Start Plone

To start Plone, change to the Plone directory and run the start script.

cd /opt/plone/zinstance
./bin/instance start

You can access Plone via your web browser at http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Plone on Clear Linux Latest. You can now start using Plone to manage your content.