Alfresco Community Edition is a powerful document management system that helps you manage your files in an effective way. It is an open-source software, and you can download it for free from the Alfresco website.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Alfresco Community Edition on Elementary OS. So let's get started!
Before we proceed with the installation, there are some prerequisites that you should have:
The first step is to download the Alfresco Community Edition from the official website. Click on the following link to download the installation file: https://www.alfresco.com/products/community/download.
Once the installation file is downloaded, extract the files to the folder of your choice. To extract the files, navigate to the folder where the installation file is downloaded, and right-click on the file. Select "Extract Here" to extract the files.
Alfresco requires Java Development Kit (JDK) to run. If you don't have JDK installed on your system, you can install it by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt install default-jdk
Next, we need to set the Java path. To do this, open the terminal and type the following command:
sudo nano /etc/environment
Add the following line at the end of the file:
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X, followed by Y and then Enter.
To install Alfresco Community Edition, open your terminal and navigate to the folder where you extracted the installation files. Then, type the following command:
sudo ./alfresco-community-installer-<version_number>.bin
Replace <version_number> with the version number of the installer file that you downloaded.
Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation. You will be prompted to provide the installation path, which is where Alfresco Community Edition will be installed on your system.
Once the installation is complete, you can start Alfresco Community Edition by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo /opt/alfresco-community/alfresco.sh start
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Alfresco Community Edition on Elementary OS. We hope that this tutorial has been helpful to you, and you can now start using Alfresco Community Edition to manage your documents and files.
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