How to Install Plone on EndeavourOS Latest

Plone is a free and open-source content management system built on top of the Zope application server. Plone is used to create and manage websites, intranets, and web applications.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Plone on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you need to have the following:

  • A running instance of EndeavourOS Latest
  • Administrative access to the server
  • A web browser

Step 1: Install the Required Dependencies

To install Plone on EndeavourOS Latest, you need to have the dependencies installed. Open the terminal and run the following command to update the package list:

# pacman -Sy

Once the update process finishes, install the required packages by running the following command in the terminal:

# pacman -S build-essential libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libtiff-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libyaml-dev python-dev python2-dev python3-dev python3-setuptools python3-venv zlib1g-dev

This will install all the dependencies required to install Plone on EndeavourOS Latest.

Step 2: Download and Extract the Plone Unified Installer

The Plone Unified Installer is a script that downloads and installs all the required components to run Plone. To download the latest version of the Plone Unified Installer, open a web browser on your EndeavourOS Latest server and navigate to the following URL:

https://launchpad.net/plone/5.2/5.2.5/+download/Plone-5.2.5-UnifiedInstaller.tgz

Once the download is complete, extract the archive by running the following command in the terminal:

# tar xzf Plone-5.2.5-UnifiedInstaller.tgz

This will create a new directory named Plone-5.2.5-UnifiedInstaller in the current working directory.

Step 3: Install Plone

Change the current working directory to the Plone Unified Installer directory by running the following command:

# cd Plone-5.2.5-UnifiedInstaller

Next, run the following command in the terminal to start the installation process:

# ./install.sh standalone --target="/opt"

This will install Plone in standalone mode under the /opt/plone directory.

Once the installation is complete, start Plone by running the following command:

# /opt/plone/zinstance/bin/instance start

You can now access Plone by opening a web browser and navigating to the following URL:

http://localhost:8080/Plone

Step 4: Configure Plone

After logging in, you can start configuring your Plone site.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Plone on EndeavourOS Latest. Now you can start using Plone to manage your website or web application.