Omeka is a free and open source web-publishing platform that allows users to create and manage online exhibits for showcasing digital collections. It is written in PHP and uses MySQL as its database management system. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Omeka on EndeavourOS.
Before you begin, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
In addition, make sure you have sudo access to the server.
It is always recommended to update your system before installing any new software. To update your system, run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Next, we need to install the required packages to run Omeka. Run the following command:
sudo pacman -S php php-gd php-mysqli mysql
This command will install PHP, the GD extension for image manipulation, the MySQLi extension for MySQL connectivity, and MySQL server.
To run Omeka, you need a web server. For this tutorial, we will use Apache as our web server.
Run the following command to install Apache:
sudo pacman -S apache
Once Apache is installed, start the Apache service:
sudo systemctl start httpd
To make sure Apache starts automatically on boot, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable httpd
We need to create a MySQL database and user account for Omeka. To do this, first, log in to the MySQL server with the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Next, create a new database for Omeka:
CREATE DATABASE omeka;
Create a new user account for Omeka and grant it permissions on the Omeka database:
CREATE USER 'omekauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'omekauserpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON omeka.* TO 'omekauser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace the values 'omekauser' and 'omekauserpassword' with your desired values.
Download the latest version of Omeka from https://omeka.org/download/. Use the wget command to download the file:
wget https://omeka.org/download/latest/omeka-2.8.zip
Unzip the downloaded file in the Apache directory with the following command:
sudo unzip omeka-2.8.zip -d /srv/http/
You may need to replace the '/srv/http/' directory with the location of your Apache directory.
Next, set the owner and group of the Omeka files to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/omeka/
To finish the installation, open the web browser and navigate to http://localhost/omeka/install/. Follow the prompts to install Omeka.
That's it! You have successfully installed Omeka on EndeavourOS. You can now start building your digital collections and online exhibits with Omeka.
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