How to Install CMS Made Simple on Linux Mint

CMS Made Simple is a free, open-source CMS designed to simplify website creation and management. It is a popular choice for both personal and business websites. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of CMS Made Simple on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before we start the installation process, you need to have the following:

• A Linux Mint machine (version 20 or later)
• An internet connection
• Apache web server installed and running
• PHP version 5.6 or later installed and running
• MySQL database installed and running

Step 1: Download CMS Made Simple

You can download the latest version of CMS Made Simple from its official website:

$ wget https://www.cmsmadesimple.org/downloads/cmsms/

Step 2: Install CMS Made Simple

Extract the downloaded file, and move it to the Apache document root directory (/var/www/html/). You can use the following command:

$ tar -xzvf cmsms-<version>.tar.gz
$ sudo mv cmsms-<version>/* /var/www/html/

Make Apache has ownership of the files by running:

$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/

Step 3: Create a Database for CMS Made Simple

Next, you need to create a MySQL database for CMS Made Simple. Login to MySQL prompt:

$ sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database with a name of your choice:

CREATE DATABASE dbname;

Create a new user with a username and password of your choice:

CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Grant privileges to the user on the database:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dbname.* TO 'username'@'localhost';

Flush privileges and exit MySQL:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Step 4: Install CMS Made Simple via Browser

You can now install CMS Made Simple via your browser. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://localhost/. You should see the CMS Made Simple installation page.

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. Enter the database details (name, username, and password) you created in step 3.

Once the installation is complete, remove the installation directory for security reasons:

$ sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/install/

Step 5: Access CMS Made Simple Admin Panel

After a successful installation, you can access the CMS Made Simple admin panel by navigating to http://localhost/admin/.

Enter the username and password that you set during installation to log in to the admin panel.

That’s it! You can now start creating and managing your website using CMS Made Simple.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install CMS Made Simple on Linux Mint. We hope this guide was helpful and will help you create your beautiful website using CMS Made Simple.

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