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This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install SpinaCMS on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and 18.10 systems.
These are the packages we’re going to be setting up.
- Ruby version 2.5.3
- Rails version 5.2.1
Step 1: Install Ruby
To install Ruby and Rails on Ubuntu, you’ll need to install some dependencies. To make that happen, install Node.js and Yarn repositories. This will make installing the dependencies easier.
First install these curl and git packages.
sudo apt update sudo apt install curl git
Than run the commands below to add Node.js and Yarn repositories and keys to your system. Then install some core packages to get your environment going.
curl -sL | sudo -E bash - curl -sS | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nodejs yarn zlib1g-dev build-essential libpq-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev software-properties-common libffi-dev
When you’re done. continue below:
After adding the repositories and installing necessary packages above, install Ruby with your local profile settings using rbenv. you’ll then use rbenv to install ruby-build.
cd ~/ git clone ~/.rbenv echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc exec $SHELL git clone ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc exec $SHELL
After setting up your local profile. run the commands below to install Ruby version 2.5.3. If a newer version is available, replace the version number to that. visit this site to find out Ruby latest versions.
rbenv install 2.5.3 rbenv global 2.5.3
To verify that Ruby is installed, run the commands below:
ruby -v
You should see similar lines as below:
ruby 2.5.3p105 (2018-10-18 revision 65156) [x86_64-linux]
Another package management you’ll want to install is bundler. to do that, run the commands below
gem install bundler
Now run the command below after installing bundler.
rbenv rehash
Step 2: Install Rails
Now that Ruby environment is set up, run the commands below to install Rails. Rails can be installed from a Node.Js. Run the commands below to install Node.js repository, then install Node.js package.
curl -sL | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Now that Node.js is installed, run the commands below to install Rails.
gem install rails -v 5.2.1
Don’t forget to rehash your rbenv environment installing install new packages.
rbenv rehash
To verify if Rails is installed, run the commands below.
rails -v
You should see something similar to the lines below:
Rails 5.2.1
Step 3: Install SpinaCMS
Now that your environment is ready, run the commands below to install SpinaCMS and build your first site. Next, run the commands below
rails new spina
Next change into the SpinaCMS folder and install there.
cd ~/spina
Then run the commands to open the Gemfile there.
nano Gemfile
When it opens, copy and paste the lines below into the file and save.
gem 'spina'
Then file should look like this:
ruby '2.5.3'
#SpinaCMS
gem 'spina'
# Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
gem 'rails', '~> 5.2.1'
# Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
gem 'sqlite3'
Save and exit.
After that, run the commands below:
bundle update bundle install
After a while, necessary packages should be installed. When you’re done, run the commands below to create an admin user and install SpinaCMS.
You will be prompted to create an admin email address and a password.
rails g spina:install
Finally, run the commands below to start the server.
rails server --binding=0.0.0.0
Now open your browser and browse to the hostname follow by port # 3000
You should see SpinaCMS home page.
Logon to the backend using the admin address and password.
Congratulation! You have successfully installed SpinaCMS platform on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10
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