How to Install Typemill on Void Linux

Typemill is a flat-file CMS that enables you to create and publish beautiful websites without any database. This tutorial explains how to install Typemill on Void Linux in a few easy steps.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have:

• A server running Void Linux.
• Root privileges to install packages and configure the server.

Step 1: Update the system

The first step is to update the system by running the following command:

sudo xbps-install -Suy

This command updates the package database and upgrades all installed packages to the latest version.

Step 2: Install PHP and required extensions

Typemill is built with PHP, so you need to install PHP and some required extensions. To do this, run the following command:

sudo xbps-install -y php php-fpm php-json php-mbstring php-curl php-zip php-gd php-dom php-mysqli

This command installs PHP and the required extensions.

Step 3: Install Nginx

Typemill requires a web server to serve the pages. In this tutorial, we will use Nginx as the web server. To install Nginx, run the following command:

sudo xbps-install -y nginx

This command installs Nginx.

Step 4: Configure Nginx for Typemill

In this step, we will configure Nginx to serve Typemill. Open the Nginx configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf using your favorite text editor and add the following lines to the http block:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    root /path/to/typemill;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

Replace example.com with your domain name and /path/to/typemill with the path to Typemill on your server. Save and close the file.

Step 5: Download and install Typemill

In this step, we will download and install Typemill. Run the following commands to download and extract Typemill:

cd /path/to/typemill
sudo wget https://github.com/typemill/typemill/releases/download/v1.3.3/typemill-1.3.3.zip
sudo unzip typemill-1.3.3.zip
sudo rm typemill-1.3.3.zip
sudo chown -R nginx:nginx typemill/*

This command downloads Typemill version 1.3.3 from the official website, extracts it to /path/to/typemill, removes the zip file, and changes the ownership of the Typemill files to the Nginx user.

Step 6: Configure Typemill

In this step, we will configure Typemill by editing the config/config.yml file. Open the file using your favorite text editor and change the following parameters:

baseurl: http://example.com/
debug: false

Replace example.com with your domain name. Save and close the file.

Step 7: Start the services

In this step, we will start the services using the following commands:

sudo systemctl start php-fpm
sudo systemctl start nginx

These commands start the PHP-FPM and Nginx services.

Step 8: Verify the installation

Open your web browser and go to http://example.com/, where example.com is your domain name. You should see the Typemill homepage. Congratulations, you have successfully installed Typemill on Void Linux!

Conclusion

This tutorial explained how to install Typemill on Void Linux in a few easy steps. Typemill is a powerful flat-file CMS that enables you to create and publish beautiful websites without any database. Now that you have Typemill up and running, you can start creating your website and publish it on the web.