How to install GpEasy 4.4 CMS on Ubuntu 18.04

To install GpEasy 4.4 on Ubuntu 18.04

GpEasy is a complete Content Management System (CMS) that lets users create rich and flexible websites with a simple and easy to use interface. The embedded design of the admin interface allows users to instantly see changes in one browser window.
In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of GpEasy on Ubuntu 18.04.

Features

• Lightweight, database free, CMS
• True WYSIWYG Editing
• Drag and Drop Page Manager
• Built-in Image Gallery

Prerequisites

Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, php7)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )

Php installation with required following modules

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
apt-get update
apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0  php7.0-common  php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-soap
php7.0-xml php7.0-intl  php7.0-cli  php7.0-ldap php7.0-zip php7.0-readline php7.0-imap php7.0-tidy php7.0-recode php7.0-sq php7.0-intl

Download a GPEASY package using the following URL

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/gpeasy/gpeasy/4.4/gpEasy_4.4.zip
--2018-07-13 13:24:01--  https://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/gpeasy/gpeasy/4.4/gpEasy_4.4.zip
Resolving jaist.dl.sourceforge.net (jaist.dl.sourceforge.net)... 150.65.7.130, 2001:df0:2ed:feed::feed
Connecting to jaist.dl.sourceforge.net (jaist.dl.sourceforge.net)|150.65.7.130|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2838827 (2.7M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ gpEasy_4.4.zip’ 

gpEasy_4.4.zip          100%[==============================> ]   2.71M   973KB/s    in 2.9s    

2018-07-13 13:24:04 (973 KB/s) - ‘ gpEasy_4.4.zip’  saved [2838827/2838827]

After Downloading extract the downloaded package

root@linuxhelp1:~# unzip gpEasy_4.4.zip
Archive:  gpEasy_4.4.zip
   creating: gpEasy/
 extracting: gpEasy/robots.txt       
  inflating: gpEasy/Addon.ini        
  inflating: gpEasy/README.md        
  inflating: gpEasy/.htaccess        
  inflating: gpEasy/gpconfig.php     
  inflating: gpEasy/index.php        
   creating: gpEasy/themes/
.
.
  inflating: gpEasy/addons/Example/LoadAutomatically.php  
  inflating: gpEasy/addons/Example/Addon.ini  
  inflating: gpEasy/addons/Example/Special.php  
  inflating: gpEasy/addons/Example/Admin.php  
   creating: gpEasy/addons/Multi Site/
  inflating: gpEasy/addons/Multi Site/SetupSite.php  
  inflating: gpEasy/addons/Multi Site/Install_Check.php  
  inflating: gpEasy/addons/Multi Site/Addon.ini  
  inflating: gpEasy/addons/Multi Site/Install.php  
  inflating: gpEasy/addons/Multi Site/multi_site.css

Move the extracted file into the HTML directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# mv gpEasy /var/www/

Navigate to the apache document root directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /var/www/

Change ownership and permission of the as GPEASY CMS follows

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data gpEasy
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 gpEasy

Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the GPEASY CMS

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/gpeasy.conf
< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/gpEasy/

< Directory /var/www/gpEasy/> 
AllowOverride All
Allow from all
< /Directory> 

< /virtualHost> 

Enable site access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite gpeasy.conf
Enabling site gpeasy.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

Disable default access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

Enable rewrite module

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2