Collective Access - Providence is an open-source software program that allows you to manage collections and digital assets. It is suitable for museums, archives, libraries, and other institutions. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Collective Access - Providence on POP! OS Latest.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing any software, it's always a good practice to update your system. To do so, open a terminal window and run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
These commands will update your system packages to the latest version.
Collective Access - Providence requires an Apache web server, PHP, and a MySQL database. To install these packages, run the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 php7.4 php7.4-mysql mysql-server
During the installation process, you will be prompted to set up a MySQL root password. Make sure to choose a strong password and remember it, as you will need it later.
Now that we have all the required packages installed, we can proceed with installing Collective Access - Providence.
First, download the latest version of Collective Access - Providence from their official website. You can use the following command to download the latest version:
wget https://github.com/collectiveaccess/providence/archive/refs/tags/1.7.9.tar.gz
Replace "1.7.9" with the latest version available.
Next, extract the downloaded file:
tar -xf 1.7.9.tar.gz
Again, replace "1.7.9" with the version you downloaded.
Move the extracted directory to Apache's document root:
sudo mv providence-1.7.9 /var/www/html/providence
Give Apache ownership of the Providence directory:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/providence
Before we can use Providence, we need to create a new MySQL database and user. To do so, log in to MySQL as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password you set up during installation.
Next, create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE providence;
Create a new user and set a password:
CREATE USER 'providenceuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Make sure to replace "password" with a strong password of your choosing.
Grant the user permission to access the database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON providence.* TO 'providenceuser'@'localhost';
Flush the privileges:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit MySQL:
exit
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/providence/install/. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the Providence installation.
When prompted for the database details, enter the following:
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to Providence using the username and password you specified during installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Collective Access - Providence on POP! OS Latest.
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