In this tutorial, we will learn how to install SPIP, a popular content management system, on POP! OS latest version. SPIP is a free and open-source CMS designed to create and manage websites with ease.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following software installed on your system.
Firstly, update your system packages by running the following command in your terminal.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
This command will update your system packages and install any available updates.
SPIP requires a LAMP stack to run correctly. So, let's install it first.
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
During the installation, the installer will prompt you for the MySQL root user password. Set a strong password and remember it.
Next, let's download the SPIP from the official website. You can download the latest version of SPIP using the following command.
wget https://www.spip.net/spip-zone/archives/spip/spip-3.3.13.zip
This command will download the SPIP archive to your current directory.
Currently, you have downloaded the SPIP archive in .zip format because you need unzip to extract the downloaded archive. Hence, if you haven't installed unzip, use the following command to install it.
sudo apt install unzip
Now, extract the SPIP archive using the following command.
unzip spip-3.3.13.zip
This command will extract the SPIP archive and create a SPIP directory in your current location.
After extracting the archive, move the SPIP directory to /var/www/html.
sudo mv spip-3.3.13 /var/www/html/spip
Next, give the proper permissions to the SPIP directory using the following commands.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/spip
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/spip
To install SPIP properly, we need to create a MySQL database for it.
To create a MySQL database, you first need to log in to MySQL using the following command, and you will have to enter your root user password that you set earlier.
mysql -u root -p
After that, run the following commands to create a new database, a new MySQL user, and grant them privileges to the new database.
mysql> CREATE DATABASE spipdb;
mysql> CREATE USER 'spipuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON spipdb.* TO 'spipuser'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
Make sure that you use your desired database name, username, and password in the commands.
To host SPIP on your Apache web server, create a configuration file using the following command.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/spip.conf
Then, paste the following code into the file and save it with Ctrl + X and press Y.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/spip
ServerName example.com
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/html/spip>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Make sure that you replace example.com with your desired domain name.
Next, enable the site using the following command.
sudo a2ensite spip.conf
After that, restart the Apache web server using the following command.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your favorite web browser and navigate to your website's domain. The installer will guide you through the installation process. You will need to enter the MySQL database details, including the database name, username, password, and host (if using localhost, enter localhost).
Once you have completed the installation process, the SPIP is now up and running.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed the SPIP on POP! OS latest version. You can now start building your website using SPIP.
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