Omeka S is a web-based software designed for institutions or individuals who want to build digital collections. This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for installing Omeka S on Arch Linux.
Omeka S can be downloaded from the official Omeka S website. On the download page, click on the "Download Omeka S" button.
Alternatively, you can use wget command to download the latest release of Omeka S:
$ wget https://github.com/omeka/omeka-s/releases/latest/download/omeka-s.zip
This command downloads the latest release of Omeka S in a ZIP file format.
Extract the ZIP file to the Apache document root directory /srv/http/.
$ sudo unzip omeka-s.zip -d /srv/http/
This command extracts the Omeka S files to /srv/http/omeka-s/.
Before installing Omeka S, make sure that all the required dependencies are installed on your system. Use the following command to install the required dependencies:
$ sudo pacman -S php-gd php-intl
This command installs the PHP GD and PHP Intl extensions.
Make sure that the Apache web server has permission to read and write to the Omeka S directory. Use the following command to set the required permissions:
$ sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/omeka-s
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/http/omeka-s
This command sets the ownership of the Omeka S directory to the Apache user and sets the required permissions.
Create a new MySQL or MariaDB database and user for Omeka S. Use the following command in the MySQL or MariaDB shell to create a new database, user, and grant privileges to the user:
CREATE DATABASE omeka_s;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON omeka_s.* TO 'omeka_s_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
This command creates a new database named omeka_s, a new user named omeka_s_user with the password your_password, and grants all privileges on the omeka_s database to the omeka_s_user user.
Navigate to the Omeka S directory in your console and run the following command to install Omeka S using Composer:
$ composer install
This command installs all the required dependencies and sets up the Omeka S database.
Once the installation is complete, navigate to the Omeka S web interface in your browser. The default URL is http://your_server_name/omeka-s/. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure Omeka S with your database and site information.
This concludes the tutorial on how to install Omeka S on Arch Linux. Once installed and configured, Omeka S will provide a powerful tool for creating digital collections.
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