Lektor is a cross-platform, flexible, and powerful static content management system (CMS) built on top of the popular web-development framework for building complex and beautiful websites out of flat files. All source data is stored in a flat-file tree database, built out of 100% static HTML you can deploy them to any host, fully equipped with a flexible and beautiful admin interface, plugins system, and many more. If you’re a developer looking for an alternative flat-file CMS platform, it may be a good thing to use Lektor to make the process seamless with rapid development and clean pragmatic design. For more about Lektor, please visit its homepage. There are multiple ways to install Lektor on Ubuntu, however, the quickest way is to use Python and PIP to get it installed. Below, we’ll show you how to do that. When you’re ready to get Lektor on Ubuntu, follow the steps below:
Install Prerequisites
By default, Ubuntu comes with some packages but not everything that allows you to install the Lektor web framework. For example, Python might not come standard with Ubuntu so you may have to install it. Run the commands below to install Python and Python-pip. That should install what you need to get Lektor installed on Ubuntu. To verify what version of Python is installed, run the commands below , and for PIP, run the commands below
Install Lektor
Now that the basic requirements to get Lektor on Ubuntu are installed, run the commands below to download and install Lektor packages. Lektor has its source code on Github that you can use to download and use. However, the quickest way is to use Python PIP. Run the commands below to download and install Lektor using Python virtual environment (virtualenv). Running the commands above will get Lektor’s packages downloaded and installed.
Create Lektor Project
Now that Lektor packages are installed, go and create your first app. You can create it in your home directory or anywhere on the system. For this tutorial, we’re going to create the app in the home directory. Run the commands below to create a new Lektor project using its quick start command. After that, you’ll be prompted with a few questions about the project. That should set up the Lektor environment. Change into the newly created project folder created above. Then run the commands below to start the server. That should start the server and display similar lines as shown below: Now, open your browser and go to the server hostname or IP address followed by port 5000 You should see Lektor welcome page similar to the one below To go to the admin backend portal, type That should prompt you for the superuser account and password… and allow you to log on to the backend… That’s it! Although that are many other settings you must configure to suit your environment, the steps above are the bare minimum to get Lektor installed… You may also like the post below:
