How to Install Gpeasy CMS on Linuxmint 19

Install Gpeasy CMS On Linux Mint 19

gpEasy is a simple, powerful and lightweight CMS. It doesn' t require any databases, it' s flat-file based, and allows you to edit your website on the fly. This tutorial covers the tutorial on Installation Of Gpeasy CMS on Linux Mint 19.

Requirements for Gpeasy CMS:

Apache

Php and Its modules

Installation procedure

Check the Linuxmint version by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	LinuxMint
Description:	Linux Mint 19 Tara
Release:	19
Codename:	tara

Download the Gpeasy installation package by using the wget command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/jeremykenedy/gpEasy-CMS/archive/master.zip
--2019-08-07 06:08:12--  https://github.com/jeremykenedy/gpEasy-CMS/archive/master.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 13.234.210.38
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|13.234.210.38|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/jeremykenedy/gpEasy-CMS/zip/master [following]
--2019-08-07 06:08:13--  https://codeload.github.com/jeremykenedy/gpEasy-CMS/zip/master
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 140.82.113.9
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|140.82.113.9|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘master.zip’

master.zip                      [  <=>                                       ]   2.92M   181KB/s    in 23s     

2019-08-07 06:08:38 (128 KB/s) - ‘master.zip’ saved [3063905]

Once the above step is completed extract the downloaded package using unzip command

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip master.zip
Archive:  master.zip
33f4d7cc251bd98f0e810c63cdde26cdca700824
   creating: gpEasy-CMS-master/
   creating: gpEasy-CMS-master/.easymin/
  inflating: gpEasy-CMS-master/.easymin/ignore_prefixes  
 extracting: gpEasy-CMS-master/.easymin/ignore_types  
 extracting: gpEasy-CMS-master/.easymin/noshrink_paths  
  inflating: gpEasy-CMS-master/.gitignore  
  inflating: gpEasy-CMS-master/.htaccess  
  inflating: gpEasy-CMS-master/Addon.ini  
  inflating: gpEasy-CMS-master/Boxfile  
  inflating: gpEasy-CMS-master/README.md  
   creating: gpEasy-CMS-master/addons/
.
.
extracting: gpEasy-CMS-master/themes/Three_point_5/screenshot.png  
  inflating: gpEasy-CMS-master/themes/Three_point_5/settings.php  
  inflating: gpEasy-CMS-master/themes/Three_point_5/template.php  
  inflating: gpEasy-CMS-master/themes/index.html  
  inflating: gpEasy-CMS-master/web.config

Move the Gpeasy cms directory to apache root directory by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# mv gpEasy-CMS-master /var/www/gpeasy

Change the ownership and permission for Gpeasy cms by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/gpeasy

root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/gpeasy

root@linuxhelp:~# 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>

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

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite gpeasy.conf
Enabling site gpeasy.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2