SPIP is an open-source content management system that enables you to create and manage dynamic websites. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install SPIP on Linux Mint.
Before starting with the installation process, make sure you have the following:
SPIP requires Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP to be installed on your system. First, install the LAMP stack:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
Next, create a new database and user for SPIP to access the database. Log in to the MariaDB server:
sudo mysql
Create a new user, replace yourusername and yourpassword with your desired values:
CREATE USER 'yourusername' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
Create a new database, replace yourdatabase with your desired value:
CREATE DATABASE yourdatabase;
Grant the new user permissions to access the database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON yourdatabase.* TO 'yourusername'@'localhost';
Exit the MySQL command prompt:
exit
Download the latest version of SPIP from the official website:
wget https://download.spip.net/spip/stable/spip-3.2.11.zip
Extract the ZIP file to the /var/www/html directory:
sudo unzip spip-3.2.11.zip -d /var/www/html
Update the ownership and permission of the SPIP directory to allow Apache to read and write to files:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/spip/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/spip/
Access the SPIP web installer by going to the http://localhost/spip/ecrire URL in a web browser. You should see the installation screen:
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process, and enter the database name, username, and password you created in step 2.
After the installation is complete, delete the install/ directory for security:
sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/spip/install/
That's it! You have successfully installed SPIP on Linux Mint using the LAMP stack. You can now create and manage dynamic websites using SPIP.
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