How to Install Neos on Elementary OS Latest

Neos is a content management system built on top of the PHP framework, Flow. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps needed to install Neos on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:

  • A fresh installation of Elementary OS Latest
  • Sudo privileges

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

To run Neos, we need to install some dependencies. Open the terminal application and run the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php7.4 php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml php7.4-zip composer

This command will update the package list on your system and install PHP 7.4, the required PHP extensions, and Composer.

Step 2 - Download and Install Neos

Now that we have the required dependencies, we can download and install Neos. Follow the steps below:

  1. Open your web browser and navigate to the Neos website at https://www.neos.io.
  2. Click on the "Download" button and select the latest stable version of Neos.
  3. Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the ZIP file to a directory of your choice.

Step 3 - Install Neos Dependencies

Now that we have Neos installed, we need to install its dependencies. Open the terminal application and navigate to the directory where you extracted the Neos files in the previous step.

cd /path/to/neos

Next, we can run the following command to install the required dependencies:

composer install

This command will download and install all the dependencies that Neos needs to run.

Step 4 - Configure Neos

Before we can use Neos, we need to configure it. Navigate to the folder where you extracted the Neos files and look for the file named "Configuration/Settings.yaml". Open this file using your preferred text editor.

Locate the following lines:

Neos:
  Flow:
    persistence:
      backendOptions:
        driver: 'pdo_mysql'
        dbname: 'your-database-name'
        user: 'your-username'
        password: 'your-password'
        host: 'localhost'

Change the values to match your MySQL database information. Save the file and exit.

Step 5 - Run Neos

Now that we have everything set up, let's run Neos. Open the terminal application and navigate to the folder where you extracted the Neos files.

cd /path/to/neos
./flow server:run

This will start the Neos development server which you can access in your browser at http://localhost:8081.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Neos on your Elementary OS Latest system!