How to install Flextype on POP! OS Latest

Flextype is a lightweight and fast content management system that doesn't require a database setup. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps required to install Flextype on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, we need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

• POP! OS Latest installed
• Apache or Nginx web server installed and running
• PHP 7.2 or greater with the following extensions installed: zip, pdo, pdo_mysql, openssl

Step 1 - Download Flextype

The first step is to download the latest version of Flextype. You can do this either by downloading the zip package from the Flextype website or by using the following command in the terminal:

wget https://github.com/flextype/flextype/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.17.zip

This will download the latest release of Flextype in a zip format.

Step 2 - Extract the package

Once the download is complete, we need to extract the package. Navigate to the directory where the zip package is downloaded and run the following command:

unzip v0.9.17.zip

This will extract the package and create a flextype-0.9.17 directory.

Step 3 - Move the package to document root

The next step is to move the extracted package to your web server's document root. If you're using Apache, the document root is located at /var/www/html. Navigate to the extracted flextype-0.9.17 directory and move it to the document root:

sudo mv flextype-0.9.17 /var/www/html/

Note that you need to have sudo access to move the files.

Step 4 - Set permissions for the directory

The next step is to set the correct permissions for the directory. Run the following command to set the permissions:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/flextype-0.9.17
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/flextype-0.9.17

This will give Apache (www-data) the necessary permissions to read and write to the directory.

Step 5 - Configure the web server

The next step is to configure the web server to serve the Flextype application. Below is an example configuration for Apache:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName yourserver.com
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/flextype-0.9.17/public

  <Directory /var/www/html/flextype-0.9.17/public>
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
  </Directory>

  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/flextype_error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/flextype_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

If you're using Nginx as your web server, here is an example configuration block:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourserver.com;
    root /var/www/html/flextype-0.9.17/public;
    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
    }

    access_log /var/log/nginx/flextype-access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/flextype-error.log;
}

After configuring your web server, don't forget to restart it:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

or

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 6 - Finish the installation in the browser

The last step is to complete the installation process by visiting the application URL in your browser. Open your preferred browser and type your server's IP address or domain name. You should see the Flextype installation screen.

Follow the installation prompts and provide the necessary information. Once the installation is complete, you should be able to access your Flextype application.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Flextype on your POP! OS Latest system.

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