How to Install Pico on FreeBSD Latest

Pico is a lightweight, flat-file content management system that makes it easy to create and manage websites. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Pico on FreeBSD Latest.

Step 1 – Installing Required Packages

First, we need to make sure that our packages are updated by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade

After updating the packages, we need to install the required packages for Pico to function properly. We will install PHP and its modules using the following command:

sudo pkg install php74 php74-ctype php74-json php74-mbstring php74-session php74-tokenizer php74-xml php74-zip

Step 2 – Downloading Pico

We can download Pico from their official website using the following command:

wget https://github.com/picocms/Pico/releases/download/v2.1.4/pico-release-v2.1.4.zip

Alternatively, we can use the following command to clone the latest development version of Pico from its official Git repository:

git clone https://github.com/picocms/Pico.git

Step 3 – Extracting Pico

After downloading Pico, we need to extract the files using the following command:

unzip pico-release-v2.1.4.zip

Alternatively, we can navigate to the cloned Pico directory and check out the latest development version:

cd Pico
git checkout development

Step 4 – Configuring Pico

We need to configure Pico to match our preferences. Open the config/config.yml file in your preferred text editor, and change the following settings:

sitename: My Site # Change "My Site" to your desired site name.
timezone: Europe/London # Change "Europe/London" to the timezone of your location.

After making the changes, save the file and close the text editor.

Step 5 – Running Pico

To run Pico, we need to start the PHP built-in web server using the following command:

php -S localhost:8080

Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080 to view your website.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Pico on FreeBSD Latest. You also learned how to configure Pico and start the built-in web server to test your website. With Pico, you can easily create and manage a lightweight website without the need for a database or complex setup.