Plone is a content management system that is built on top of the Zope application server. Installing Plone on OpenSUSE is simple and can be done in few steps.
root user or sudo privilegesOpen the Terminal/Konsole.
Update the package information and upgrade the system by running the following commands:
sudo zypper update -y && sudo zypper upgrade -y
sudo zypper install wget unzip libxml2-utils
sudo wget https://launchpad.net/plone/5.2/5.2.2/+download/Plone-5.2.2-UnifiedInstaller.tgz
sudo tar -xvf Plone-5.2.2-UnifiedInstaller.tgz
cd Plone-5.2.2-UnifiedInstaller
sudo ./install.sh standalone
The installation process might take a few minutes. Once the installation process is complete, you will see the message "Installation successful".
Open the Terminal/Konsole.
Go to the Plone directory by running the following command.
cd /opt/Plone
sudo -u plone_daemon bin/plonectl start
Plone will start the initialization process, and you will be able to access Plone via a web browser at http://localhost:8080.
Open the Terminal/Konsole.
Go to the Plone directory by running the following command.
cd /opt/Plone
sudo -u plone_daemon bin/plonectl stop
Plone will stop its services, and you can exit the Terminal/Konsole.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Plone on OpenSUSE Latest. With the installation of Plone, you can easily manage and customize your content management needs.
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