Pico is a fast and lightweight flat-file CMS written in PHP that can help you build and manage your website. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Pico on Ubuntu Server Latest in a few simple steps.
Before starting, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
First, log in to your server via SSH, and navigate to the /var/www/html directory.
Next, download the latest version of Pico using the following command:
wget https://github.com/picocms/Pico/releases/latest/download/pico-release.zip
Now that we have downloaded the Pico archive, we need to extract it to the /var/www/html directory using the following command:
unzip pico-release.zip -d /var/www/html
This command will extract the Pico files into a new pico directory in the /var/www/html directory.
After extracting the Pico archive, we need to set the proper file permissions for the Pico files. To do this, we will modify the file ownership and permissions with the following commands:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pico
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/pico
These commands will change the www-data user and group ownership of the pico directory and set the appropriate permissions.
Pico requires some PHP extensions to run properly. To install these extensions on Ubuntu Server, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install php7.4-gd php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml
This command will install the required extensions for Pico to run correctly.
Now, you can access Pico in your web browser by typing your server's IP address or domain name, followed by /pico in the URL bar. For example, http://yourserver.com/pico.
From here, you can customize your website by editing the config.yml file located in the /var/www/html/pico directory.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Pico on your Ubuntu Server Latest.
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