In this tutorial, we will see the installation of another CMS called Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware under Ubuntu/Linux Mint. This content management system is highly configurable with support for modules and it offers webmasters all needed features to create websites, portals, web applications, E-learning (quizzes, webinars, etc.), knowledge base, etc. For more information about TikiWiki, click here.
You can follow this tutorial under the following distributions:
- Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/11.10 or older
- Linux Mint 14/13/12 or older
As usual, we will use the LAMP server to run this CMS. Open the terminal and install it with this command:
sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ php5-gd
For more information about the LAMP server, click here.
2. Creating MySQL Database and User
This CMS requires a MySQL database and user to be able to store data. You can create them with phpMyAdmin, or run this sequence of commands from the terminal:
mysql -u root -p
create database tiki;
CREATE USER 'tiki-user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '12345';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tiki.* TO 'tiki-user' IDENTIFIED BY '12345';
exit
The text highlighted in red are randomly selected. You can replace them with your own details. Here are the MySQL details that have been created:
- Hostname: localhost
- Database name: tiki
- Database user: tiki-user
- Database user password: 12345
3. Installing Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Via the terminal, issue these commands to download Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware 9.2 and move its script folder to /var/www/:
cd /tmp
wget -c http://goo.gl/gvIo8 -O tiki-9.2.zip
sudo unzip -q tiki-9.2.zip -d /var/www/
sudo mv /var/www/tiki-9.2 /var/www/tiki
sudo chmod 777 -R /var/www/tiki
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
To start the installation of Tiki, open this web address:
http://localhost/tiki
Note: Replace localhost with your server IP address if needed.
You will be redirected to the installation page, follow the setup instructions:
