Installing a Mambo CMS

Mambo is a free Content Management System (CMS). It allows to easily update web pages content.

Install PHP

Add PHP capabilities to the Apache web server:

emerge php
emerge mod_php
nano -w /etc/conf.d/apache2
    

Add the line:

APACHE2_OPTS="-D SSL -D PHP4"
    

Configure it, step 1:

nano -w /etc/apache2/conf/apache2.conf
    

Add the lines:

###
### for PHP
###
<IfDefine HAVE_PHP4>
LoadModule php4_module    extramodules/libphp4.so
</IfDefine>
<IfDefine HAVE_SSL>
LoadModule ssl_module    extramodules/libssl.so
</IfDefine>
    

Configure it, step 2:

nano -w /etc/apache2/conf/commonapache2.conf
    

Add the lines:

    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php   
    AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml
    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3
    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4
    AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
    

restart the server:

apache2ctl restart
    

Install MySQL

Install MySQL:

emerge mysql
/etc/init.d/mysql status
/etc/init.d/mysql start
rc-update add mysql default
    

Activate MySQL:

mysql_install_db
    

If you need to change the MySQL root password:

killall mysqld
mysqld --skip-grant-tables --user=root &
mysql
  USE mysql
  UPDATE user SET password=password("newpassword") WHERE user="root";
  flush privileges;
  exit
/etc/init.d/mysql restart
    

Configure the mambo MySQL database:

emerge --config =mambo-4.5.2.3
    

Install Mambo

Install the system:

emerge webapp-config
emerge mambo
    

Move the files:

mv /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mambo /home/DSPC/WebPages/
    

Edit /etc/apache2/conf/commonapache2.conf to reflect the changes.

Prepare the config file:

cd /home/DSPC/WebPages/mambo/
nano -w configuration.php
chown apache:apache configuration.php
    

Edit /etc/apache2/conf/commonapache2.conf to reflect the changes.

Configure mambo via its web interface http://<machineName>/mambo/.

Remove the installation directory:

rm -R /home/DSPC/WebPages/mambo/installation
    

With this, you have the mambo pages on your machine.