Plone is a free and open source content management system built using Python technology. In this tutorial, we will cover the process of installing Plone on Linux Mint.
Before you start with the installation, ensure that you have the following:
First, we need to update the package list and install some required dependencies for Plone.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev python-openssl
Now, we need to download the latest version of Plone from the official website. You can find the latest download link for the stable version of Plone at https://plone.org/download.
wget https://launchpad.net/plone/5.2/5.2.4/+download/Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller.tgz
After the download is complete, extract the archive file.
tar -zxvf Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller.tgz
Now, we can install Plone by running the following command and following the prompts:
cd Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller/
sudo ./install.sh standalone
After the installation is completed successfully, you will get a message showing that the installation is complete and provides details on how to start and stop Plone.
To start Plone, run the following command:
sudo /usr/local/Plone/zeocluster/bin/zeoctl start
Plone will now start listening on port 8080. To access the Plone instance, open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080.
In this tutorial, we covered the process of installing Plone on Linux Mint. You can now start building your website or application using Plone.
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