Omeka S on Manjaro

Installing Omeka S on Manjaro

Omeka S is a web-based platform for creating and managing digital exhibits. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Omeka S on your Manjaro Linux system.

Prerequisites

Before you can install Omeka S, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

Apache web server
PHP 7.2 or higher
MySQL or MariaDB database

You can install these prerequisites using the following command:

sudo pacman -S apache php mariadb php-apache

Step 1: Download Omeka S

Download the latest version of Omeka S from the official website using the following command:

wget https://github.com/omeka/omeka-s/releases/download/v3.1.2/omeka-s-3.1.2.zip

Unzip the downloaded file into the /srv/http/ directory using the following command:

unzip omeka-s-3.1.2.zip -d /srv/http/omeka-s

Step 2: Configure Apache

Edit the Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and add the following lines at the end of the file:

Alias /omeka-s "/srv/http/omeka-s"

<Directory "/srv/http/omeka-s">
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Save and close the file.

Step 3: Create a Database

Create a new database for Omeka S by running the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.

CREATE DATABASE omeka_s;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON omeka_s.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace 'username' and 'password' with your desired database username and password.

Step 4: Install Omeka S

Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/omeka-s

Follow the installation wizard, providing the database credentials you just created in step 3.

Once the installation is complete, you can log in to the Omeka S admin dashboard using the login page: http://localhost/omeka-s/admin

That's it! You have successfully installed Omeka S on Manjaro.