How to Install Plone on OpenSUSE Latest

Plone is a content management system that is built on top of the Zope application server. Installing Plone on OpenSUSE is simple and can be done in few steps.

Prerequisites

OpenSUSE installed on your system
Access to root user or sudo privileges

Installation

Open the Terminal/Konsole.
Update the package information and upgrade the system by running the following commands:

sudo zypper update -y && sudo zypper upgrade -y

Install essential packages by running the following command:

sudo zypper install wget unzip libxml2-utils

Download the Plone installer from the official website, by running the following command.

sudo wget https://launchpad.net/plone/5.2/5.2.2/+download/Plone-5.2.2-UnifiedInstaller.tgz

Extract the downloaded archive by running the following command.

sudo tar -xvf Plone-5.2.2-UnifiedInstaller.tgz

Go to the extracted directory by running the following command.

cd Plone-5.2.2-UnifiedInstaller

Run the Plone installer script with root privileges by running the following command.

sudo ./install.sh standalone

The installation process might take a few minutes. Once the installation process is complete, you will see the message "Installation successful".

Starting Plone

Open the Terminal/Konsole.
Go to the Plone directory by running the following command.

cd /opt/Plone

Run the following command to start Plone.

sudo -u plone_daemon bin/plonectl start

Plone will start the initialization process, and you will be able to access Plone via a web browser at http://localhost:8080.

Stopping Plone

Open the Terminal/Konsole.
Go to the Plone directory by running the following command.

cd /opt/Plone

Run the following command to stop Plone.

sudo -u plone_daemon bin/plonectl stop

Plone will stop its services, and you can exit the Terminal/Konsole.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Plone on OpenSUSE Latest. With the installation of Plone, you can easily manage and customize your content management needs.