Publify is an open-source, Ruby on Rails-based blog platform that enables you to publish content and offers SEO-friendly capabilities. In this tutorial, we will cover how to install Publify on the latest version of Linux Mint.
Before we begin with the installation process, ensure the following:
The first step is to ensure that you have all the necessary packages installed to run Publify. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y curl git gnupg build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libffi-dev
These packages are necessary for Publify to operate successfully.
Once you have installed the required packages, the next step is to install RVM, which is a popular Ruby version manager. To install RVM, run the following command:
gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
This command installs RVM along with the stable version. It may take some time to install, and you may receive warnings or errors when you run this command.
After installing RVM, you can install Ruby by running the following command:
rvm install 2.6.7
The version of Ruby used in this tutorial is version 2.6.7. You can check the latest stable version of Ruby and update this command with that version.
Now it's time to clone the Publify repository from GitHub. To do so, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/publify/publify.git
This command downloads the files needed to install Publify. It may take some time to download the files, depending on your internet speed.
To install all dependencies required by Publify to run, navigate to the Publify directory by running:
cd publify
Once inside the Publify directory, you can install all the dependencies by running:
bundle install
This command downloads and installs all dependencies specified in the Gemfile of Publify, which may take some time to finish.
After installing all the dependencies, the next step is to configure the database. To do so, first copy the sample database configuration file:
cp config/database.yml.sample config/database.yml
Next, open the database.yml file for editing:
nano config/database.yml
Inside the file, you will see a section labeled development. Change the username and password values to match your MySQL or PostgreSQL database configuration. Once you're done editing the file, save and close it.
After configuring the database, you can create the database by running the following command:
bundle exec rake db:create
This command creates the databases specified in the config/database.yml file.
After creating the database, you need to migrate it to the latest version. You can do this by running:
bundle exec rake db:migrate
This command will migrate the database to the latest available version.
Now that you have installed and configured Publify, it's time to start it. You can do this by running:
bundle exec rails server
This command starts the Publify server, and you can access it by navigating to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Publify on your Linux Mint system.
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