Linux Getting Started

Install Java

• Go to http://java.sun.com and install the latest version of the J2SE 1.4.2 SDK (currently this is 1.4.2_11).

Download Hippo Repository

• Download the latest build from
  http://repository.hippocms.org/hippo-repository/v1.2.x/
• Unzip the build into a folder on your harddisk, for example ~/hippo/hippo-repository-1.2.x
• Open a console (if you haven't already done)
• Type
  • cd ~/hippo/hippo-repository-1.2.x/bin (where 1.2.x is the version you downloaded)
  • chmod u+x fortress.sh wrapper.bin libwrapper.so (give execute permissions)
  • ./fortress.sh start (to start)
  • ./fortress.sh stop (to stop)

• Open a webbrowser and navigate to http://localhost:60000/default
• You should get a login popup
• Enter the username "root" and password "password"
• Congratulations, your Hippo Repository is running!

Download Hippo CMS

• Download the latest build from
  http://repository.hippocms.org/hippo-cms/v6.x/
• Unzip the build into a folder on your harddisk, for example ~/hippo/hippo-cms-v6.03.01
• Open a console (if you haven't already done)
• Type
  • cd ~hippo/hippo-cms-v6.03.01/bin (where 6.03.01 is the version you downloaded)
  • chmod u+x fortress.sh wrapper.bin libwrapper.so (give execute permissions)

• • ./fortress.sh start (to start)
  • ./fortress.sh stop (to stop)

• Open a webbrowser and navigate to http://localhost:50000/
• You should get a login popup
• Enter the username "root" and password "password"
• Congratulations, your Hippo CMS is running!

Download Cocoon

• Download the latest source distribution from http://cocoon.apache.org/mirror.cgi
• Unzip Cocoon into a folder on your harddisk, for example ~/hippo/cocoon-2.1.8
• Open a console (if you haven't already done)
• Type
  • cd ~/hippo/cocoon-2.1.8 (where 2.1.8 is the version you downloaded)
  • ./build.sh  (wait ~5 minutes)
  • ./cocoon.sh servlet
• Open a webbrowser and navigate to http://localhost:8888/
• You should get the Cocoon welcome page!

Download the Hippo CMS sample website

1. Download the latest sources from
   http://repository.hippocms.org/hippo-cms-samplesite/
2. Unzip the sources into a folder on your harddisk, for example ~/hippo/hippo-cms-site-sample
3. In the Cocoon directory (~/hippo/cocoon-2.1.8), rename mount-table.xml.sample to mount-table.xml and add the following line within the <mount-table> element:
4. <mount uri-prefix="hippo-sample/" xsrc="file://~/hippo/hippo-cms-site-sample/" />
   where the src path must be replaced by the exact location of the Hippo CMS sample site files.
5. Open "http://localhost:8888/hippo-sample/" in your browser.
6. Congratulations, your Hippo CMS demo site is running!