Bolt CMS is an open-source content management system that allows you to create and manage websites. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Bolt CMS on Linux Mint.
To run Bolt CMS, we need to install some PHP extensions and other required packages. Open the terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt-get install php-cli php-mysql php-mbstring php-gd php-imagick php-curl php-zip unzip
Next, you need to download the latest version of the Bolt CMS from their website. You can download it using the following command:
wget https://bolt.cm/distribution/bolt-latest.tar.gz
After the download is finished, extract the downloaded archive using the following command:
tar -zxvf bolt-latest.tar.gz
Now move the extracted files to /var/www/html using the following command:
sudo mv bolt-3.* /var/www/html/
To make sure that the webserver can read and write to the Bolt CMS folder, we need to set the correct permissions. Run the following commands to set the required permissions:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/bolt-3.*
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/bolt-3.*
We need to create a MySQL database and user for Bolt CMS to store data. Run the following commands to create a new database and user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE bolt_db;
CREATE USER 'bolt_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bolt_db.* TO 'bolt_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/bolt-3.*. You will see the Bolt CMS installer page.
Next, enter the database details, including database name, username, and password, and then click on the Test Database Connection button. If everything is successful, you will see a Test successful! message.
Now create the Bolt CMS admin account by filling in the required fields and click on the Create Account button.
After the installation is finished, you will see the Bolt CMS dashboard.
We have successfully installed Bolt CMS on Linux Mint. You can now start creating and managing your website using Bolt CMS.
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