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
Restart the apache service to make the changes effect
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2
Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL: http://< ipaddress or domain name
Verify the compatibility for installing GpEasy CMS and configure the Admin user setup as follows
After the configuration, you will see the following page as shown below
The homepage of GpEasy
Version of GpEasy
With this, the method to install GpEasy 4.4 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.
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