Linux Quick Install
From AlfrescoWiki
Alfresco provides a package that includes all of the programs you need for using Alfresco on your Linux machine. To download it, go to http://dev.alfresco.com/downloads/ and select Download Alfresco Community. You are redirected to the Source Forge download page.
Select the alfresco-<version->linux-community.bin version of the file.
This file contains MySQL, Java (JRE), Tomcat, and Open Office.
To install Alfresco, execute this file using the following steps:
- Change the permissions on the download so that it can be executed
chmod a+x ./alfresco-<version->linux-community.bin
- (Optional) You may need to change to root to execute the installer
su (or sudo -s on some platforms that have the super user account disabled by default)
- Execute the installer
./alfresco-<version->linux-community.bin
Follow the instructions presented by the installer.
- You are asked for a location to install the software. If you did not change to root, your home folder is selected by default. If you intend for Alfresco to be run by other users, or to start on startup, change this to a different location. Exit the installer and become root. If you are root, the default of
/opt/alfresco-<version>is selected. If you want to change it, you could choose/usr/local/alfresco-<version>as a suitable alternative. - You are asked to provide an initial password for the MySQL database.
- You are prompted for a MySQL port. If you already have a MySQL server on your machine you will need to change this. The quick installer cannot use a pre-existing MySQL installation. See Linux Change Database Config for information on how to change the database once Alfresco has been installed.
- You are asked for the name of the local domain. If your Linux machine is on a Windows Active Directory network, change this to be your local domain. Otherwise, the default of WORKGROUP will normally be fine.
- Press y and your computer will begin installing Alfresco.
- Decide if you want to view the Readme
- Press y to start Alfresco.
Wait a few seconds to allow Tomcat to start and open your favourite web browser. Browse to http://127.0.0.1:8080/alfresco. The first time you use Alfresco, your username will be admin and your password will be admin.
If you receive an error about OpenOffice being unable to open the display:
- Stop Alfresco by running
<install location>/bin/alfrescoctl.sh stop. - Follow these instructions to register OpenOffice and create a virtual XWindows environment for OpenOffice to run in.
- Start Alfresco by running
<install location>/bin/alfrescoctl.sh start.
