Tutorial: How to Install Publify on Fedora Server Latest

Publify is a content management system (CMS) designed for publishing and managing blogs. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Publify on Fedora Server Latest using the command line.

Prerequisites

Before continuing, ensure that you have the following:

  • Fedora Server Latest installed on your computer
  • Access to a terminal
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges
  • Update your Fedora packages:
$ sudo dnf update && sudo dnf upgrade

Step 1: Install Ruby

Publify requires Ruby 2.7.4, which is not installed by default on Fedora. We need to install Ruby with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install ruby ruby-devel rubygems

Verify that Ruby is installed correctly using the command:

$ ruby -v

The command should return the Ruby version number.

Step 2: Install the dependencies

Publify has several dependencies that need to be installed before we can proceed with the installation.

Use the following command to install them:

$ sudo dnf install gcc-c++ patch readline readline-devel zlib zlib-devel \
libffi-devel openssl-devel make bzip2 autoconf automake libtool bison \
sqlite-devel

Step 3: Install Bundler

Bundler is used to manage Ruby dependencies. We need to install it using the following command:

$ sudo gem install bundler

Step 4: Download Publify

Visit https://github.com/publify/publify/releases/latest and download the latest release of Publify.

You can also use the wget command to download it to your server:

$ wget https://github.com/publify/publify/archive/refs/tags/v12.1.1.tar.gz

Step 5: Extract and Install Publify

Once Publify is downloaded, extract it using the following command:

$ tar -xzf publify-*.tar.gz

Navigate to the extracted folder:

$ cd publify-*

Next, install the dependencies required by Publify:

$ bundle install --without development test

This step may take some time, especially on a slower machine, as it installs all the dependencies required by Publify.

Finally, migrate the database for Publify:

$ RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:create
$ RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate

Step 6: Start Publify

Now that Publify is installed and the database is migrated, you can start the Publify server using the following command:

$ bundle exec rails server -e production

Publify should now be running, and you can access it by navigating to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Publify on Fedora Server Latest using the command line. With Publify installed, you can start publishing your content online.