Omeka S is a web application for scholarly websites and digital exhibitions. It is designed for institutions and individuals that want to create online collections or digital archives with metadata-rich content. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Omeka S on MXLinux Latest.
Before you begin, make sure that you have:
Omeka S is built with PHP, so you will need to install a web server, PHP, and a database management system. We will use Apache as the web server, MySQL as the database server, and PHP for the server-side scripting language.
Open the terminal and execute the following commands to install the LAMP stack:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server php-mysql libapache2-mod-php
Once the installation is complete, start Apache and MySQL services by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start apache2 mysql
sudo systemctl enable apache2 mysql
Now, you have a fully functional LAMP stack.
Omeka S requires a few PHP extensions to work correctly. Run the following commands to install the extensions:
sudo apt install php-gd php-json php-xml php-zip php-mbstring
Once the installation is complete, restart the Apache service:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Download the latest version of Omeka S from the official website, using the following command:
wget https://omeka.org/s/download/omeka-s-latest.zip
Extract the downloaded archive:
sudo apt install unzip
unzip omeka-s-latest.zip
Copy the extracted directory to the Apache document root directory:
sudo cp -r omeka-s /var/www/html/
Set the correct file permissions for the Omeka S directory:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/omeka-s
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/omeka-s
Create a new MySQL database and user for Omeka S. Run the following command to log in to the MySQL shell:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted.
Create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE omeka_db;
Create a new MySQL user:
CREATE USER 'omeka_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'omeka_password';
Grant privileges to the Omeka S database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON omeka_db.* TO 'omeka_user'@'localhost';
Flush the privileges and exit MySQL:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Copy the default configuration file and edit the database information:
cd /var/www/html/omeka-s
cp config/local.env.copy config/local.env
nano config/local.env
Edit the following lines with your MySQL database information:
DATABASE_NAME="omeka_db"
DATABASE_USER="omeka_user"
DATABASE_PASSWORD="omeka_password"
Save and exit the editor.
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/omeka-s or http://<your-server-ip>/omeka-s.
Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your Omeka S installation.
You have successfully installed Omeka S on MXLinux Latest. Now you can start building digital collections and archives with metadata-rich content.
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