Chyrp Lite is a lightweight and open-source content management system that's becoming increasingly popular due to its simplicity and its support for multiple languages. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Chyrp Lite on the latest version of POP! OS.
Before you begin, make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
curl and unzip installed on your machineTo download Chyrp Lite, you can go to the official website at https://chyrplite.net, then click on the "Download" button. Alternatively, you can run the following command in your terminal:
curl -o chyrplite.zip -L https://github.com/xenocrat/chyrp-lite/archive/v2017.01.zip
This will download the latest version of Chyrp Lite (as of the time of writing) to your current directory.
Once the download is complete, you can extract the contents of the chyrplite.zip file by running the following command:
unzip chyrplite.zip
This will create a new directory named chyrp-lite-2017.01.
Next, you'll need to move the contents of the chyrp-lite-2017.1 directory to your web root. By default, the web root on POP! OS is located at /var/www/html. You can use the following command to move the contents of the Chyrp Lite directory to the web root:
sudo mv chyrp-lite-2017.01/* /var/www/html/
You'll need to set the correct permissions on the Chyrp Lite files and directories to ensure that they're accessible by your web server. You can use the following command to do this:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html
This will ensure that the web server (Apache) can read and write to the files and directories.
Chyrp Lite requires a MySQL database to store your content. You can create a new database and user with the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE chyrplite;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON chyrplite.* TO 'chyrpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT
This will create a new database named chyrplite, a new user named chyrpuser, and a password of your choice.
Next, you'll need to configure Chyrp Lite with your database information. You can do this by editing the includes/config.php file:
sudo nano /var/www/html/includes/config.php
Find the following section:
// Database
$GLOBALS['config']['db_host'] = 'localhost';
$GLOBALS['config']['db_port'] = '3306';
$GLOBALS['config']['db_name'] = 'chyrplite';
$GLOBALS['config']['db_user'] = 'chyrpuser';
$GLOBALS['config']['db_pass'] = 'your_password';
Replace the values with the details for your MySQL database.
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl+X, then Y, then Enter.
Finally, you can complete the installation of Chyrp Lite by accessing your website in a web browser. You should see a page prompting you to create an administrator account. Follow the prompts to set up your account, and you should be taken to the administration panel.
That's it! You've successfully installed Chyrp Lite on POP! OS. From here, you can start customizing and adding content to your website. Enjoy!
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