Collective Access is an open-source software that helps to manage and organize museum, archive, and library collections. Providence is one of its modules that allows users to create, manage and publish digital collections. Here's how to install it on your Elementary OS Latest operating system:
Before you start the installation, you need to have the following prerequisites:
First, update existing packages on your system to ensure that you have the latest versions of all packages:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Next, install the required packages that will allow Collective Access - Providence to run on your system:
sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-zip php-intl imagemagick ghostscript curl git
Collective Access - Providence requires a MySQL database to store its data. If you don't have MySQL installed on your system yet, install it with the following command:
sudo apt install mysql-server
Once you have installed MySQL, run the mysql_secure_installation script to set up some security-related configurations:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts from the script to set a root password, remove anonymous users, and disallow remote root login.
After that, login to the MySQL command-line prompt and create a new database and user for Collective Access - Providence:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE collectiveaccess;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON collectiveaccess.* TO 'causer'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace "password" with a secure password of your choice.
Now, it's time to download and install Collective Access - Providence on your system:
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/collectiveaccess/providence.git
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/providence
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/providence
Next, configure Apache to serve your Collective Access - Providence installation:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/providence.conf
Paste the following contents into the file, replacing any existing contents:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/providence"
ServerName localhost
<Directory "/var/www/html/providence">
AllowOverride All
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/providence-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/providence-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and exit the file.
Then, enable the new configuration by linking the file to the sites-enabled directory:
sudo a2ensite providence.conf
Finally, restart Apache to apply the new configuration:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
To finalize the installation, navigate to your Collective Access - Providence installation in your web browser by using the following URL:
http://localhost/
You should see the Collective Access - Providence setup page. Follow the prompts and enter your MySQL database details that you configured in step 3.
Once the installation is complete, you should be able to access your Collective Access - Providence installation by navigating to the following URL in your web browser:
http://localhost/providence
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Collective Access - Providence on your Elementary OS Latest operating system.
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