Installing Plone 4.0 RC1 on my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard
Posted on søndag, august 29, 2010 @ kl. 17.52 by david
I want to install Plone locally to start developing my own Plone Products. So far the process is not very well documented, so here is my step-by-step version for newbies.
1. Install Xcode from the Mac OS X Install DVD.
Insert the DVD and look under the folder for Optional Installs
You will see the icon for Xcode.mpkg
Use the Standard defaults for the installation.
Note: This will install GCC 4.01 for Python, which is needed to run the rest of the install.
2. Download Plone 4.0
Open this page:
http://plone.org/products/plone/releases/4.0
Or just download the OS X 10.5/10.6 Intel Installer for Plone 4.0 (Release Candidate)
3. Install Plone 4.0
After downloading the Plone-4.0rc1.dmg, find and click on the file from your Downloads folder.
The .dmg file opens a folder with 2 files and 1 folder.
Click on the first .mkpg file to start the installation.
Continue to the Type of Installation.
Use the Stand-Alone Installation option for developing and testing on your local machine.
During the install you will be asked to create a password for the admin of the Zope server.
Note: Remember this password for when we create a new Plone site.
When the install is finished, Close the installation and unmount Plone-4.0rc1.dmg
4. Starting Zope/Plone
Open the Terminal window from under /Applications/Utilities
From the command prompt, type in (after the $)
/Users/{username}/Plone/zinstance/bin/plonectl start
You should see this in the terminal window:
instance: . .
daemon process started, pid=22775
Then you know that Zope (web server) is started.
5. Create a new Plone site
After Zope has started, open a browser and type in:
http://localhost:8080
and you should see this screen:
Click on the Create a new Plone site button.
This opens a login for the admin of the Zope web server. This is the same password you created from the installation.
After logging in, you will be sent to a configuration page for the new Plone site.
In the configuration page, you can set up the Path ID, the Title, Language and any Add-ons for the new site.
Once you click on the Create Plone Site button, you will be redirected to your new Plone site.
