How to Install Plone on Manjaro: A Tutorial

Plone is a content management system that allows users to create and manage web content with ease. In this tutorial, we'll be covering how to install Plone on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Before we can install Plone, we need to install some required dependencies. Open up your terminal and type the following commands:

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S gcc libxml2 libjpeg libpng libtiff python python-pillow python-setuptools python-lxml python-dateutil python-six python-zope-interface python-zdaemon python-plone.i18n python-plone.outputfilters python-Products.CMFPlone

Step 2: Download Plone

Visit the Plone website (https://plone.org) and download the latest version of Plone (currently Plone 5.2.4) for Linux. Save the file in a directory of your choice on your system.

Step 3: Install Plone

Once the download is complete, we can install Plone. Open up your terminal again and navigate to the directory where you saved the Plone download file:

cd /path/to/directory

Then, extract the contents of the downloaded file:

tar -xvf filename.tar.gz

Next, navigate to the extracted folder and run the installer:

cd Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller
sudo ./install.sh standalone --target=/opt/plone

This will install Plone in the /opt/plone directory.

Step 4: Start Plone

Once the installation is complete, we can start Plone by running the following command:

/opt/plone/zinstance/bin/plonectl start

This should start the Plone server. You can access Plone by opening up a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080/Plone.

Conclusion

That's it! You have now installed Plone on your Manjaro system. You can now start creating web content using Plone's intuitive content management system. If you encounter any issues, feel free to consult the Plone documentation or reach out to the Plone community for support.

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