How to Install CouchCMS on POP! OS

CouchCMS is a content management system designed to be simple and user-friendly. It is a favorite among developers because it is easy to install and set up even for beginners without much coding experience. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install CouchCMS on POP! OS, a popular Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you are required to have:

• A PC running POP! OS
• PHP 5.3+ installed
• MySQL 5.0+ installed
• The Apache webserver

Step 1: Download CouchCMS

To start, the first step is to download the latest version of CouchCMS from the official website.

Go to the CouchCMS website, browse to the 'download' page and click the download button.

Once the download is complete, extract the archive file to a convenient location.

Step 2: Move the extracted files to the Apache root directory

After the archive has been extracted, move the extracted files to the Apache root directory. In this tutorial, we will use the default Apache root directory at /var/www/html/ . To move files from the extracted directory to the Apache root directory, execute the following command:

sudo mv extracted-folder/ /var/www/html/

where 'extracted-folder' is the name of the folder where you extracted CouchCMS.

Step 3: Create a database

Before we install CouchCMS, we must create a database. You can use either the MySQL command line interface or a graphical application like phpMyAdmin. In this example, we will use phpMyAdmin to create the database.

1. Open phpMyAdmin in your web browser and log in to your MySQL server.
2. From the phpMyAdmin home page, click on the 'New' button in the left navigation pane.
3. In the ‘Create database’ section, enter a name for the database and choose the ‘utf8_general_ci’ collation from the drop-down menu.
4. Click on the ‘Create’ button to proceed.

Step 4: Set Up the Configuration File

Now, we need to configure CouchCMS by modifying a file named ‘config.php’.

Navigate to the directory where CouchCMS is located on your server:

cd /var/www/html/

Create a copy of the ‘config-sample.php’ file:

cp config-sample.php config.php 

Open the ‘config.php’ file:

sudo nano config.php

Next, you need to edit the following details with your specific configuration settings:

// Database connection details  
$GLOBALS['dbi'] = array(  
  "host" => "localhost",  
  "user" => "root",  
  "password" => "password",  
  "database" => "database-name"  
);  

Change the following line in the above code where indicated:

• "user" => "root", - Replace ‘root’ with your MySQL username
• "password" => "password", - Replace ‘password’ with your MySQL password
• "database" => "database-name" - Replace ‘database_name’ with the name of your MySQL database.

Ensure to save the changes to the file by pressing Ctrl + S.

Step 5: Install CouchCMS

To install CouchCMS on POP! OS, open a web browser of your choice and navigate to http://localhost/extracted-folder/install.php, where "extracted-folder" is the name of the folder where you extracted CouchCMS.

Once the page loads, follow the prompts to ensure successful installation of CouchCMS.

Step 6: Test installation

To test if CouchCMS installed successfully on your server, go to http://localhost/extracted-folder/admin.php (replace extracted-folder with corresponding the folder name you used in Step 2). If everything was done correctly, you should see the CouchCMS administrative panel.

Conclusion

In conclusion, CouchCMS is a great CMS that is easy to install on POP! OS for developers to enjoy. Follow these steps carefully to install this amazing CMS within minutes.

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