In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Omeka on Clear Linux latest version.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure your system meets the following requirements:
First, we need to update the system to the latest version. Open your terminal and type the following command:
sudo swupd update
This will update your Clear Linux system to the latest version.
Next, we need to install some required dependencies before we can install Omeka. The dependencies required are Apache, PHP, MariaDB, and PHP extensions. You can install them all at once by running the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add lamp-server
This command will install all dependencies required to run Omeka and the LAMP stack.
Now that all the dependencies are installed, we can go ahead and download and extract the Omeka release package. We recommend that you download the latest version of Omeka.
Navigate to the Omeka download page here: https://omeka.org/download/. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and under "Latest release," click the "Download Omeka" button. Once the download is complete, navigate to your downloads folder and extract the package:
tar -xzvf omeka-release-x.x.x.zip -C /var/www/
This command will extract the Omeka files to "/var/www/omeka-release-x.x.x" directory.
Before proceeding, we need to create a new database and user account for Omeka. To do this, run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root
This will open the MySQL shell. You can create a new database and user account by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE omekadb;
CREATE USER 'omekauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON omekadb.* TO 'omekauser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Make sure to replace "omekadb" and "omekauser" with your desired database and username and "password" with your desired password.
Next, we need to configure Apache to serve Omeka. First, create a new VirtualHost file:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/omeka.conf
And add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName omeka.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/omeka-release-x.x.x/
<Directory /var/www/omeka-release-x.x.x>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/omeka_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/omeka_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace "omeka.example.com" with your desired domain name.
Save and close the file.
We're almost there! Now all that's left is to start the Apache webserver and MariaDB database:
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Finally, we can access the Omeka installer by navigate to the following URL in your web browser:
http://your_server_domain_or_IP/
Follow the instructions and provide the database and username details created earlier. Once the installation is complete, you can login to the Omeka admin panel by navigating to:
http://your_server_domain_or_IP/admin
Congratulations! You now have Omeka installed on your Clear Linux server.
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