Installing PocoCMS

PocoCMS is just one file, so if you have a little experience copying files and adding them to the path there's nothing to it.

Grab the latest binary

Macintosh

Windows

Linux

After downloading, try to copy the executable to your system path

The tutorial will work fine even if you just leave it in the Downloads directory though.

Installing from source

• PocoCMS is written in Go, so you'll obviously need to download it from the Go homepage.
• You'll need to install Git to download the source from GitHub.
• Optional but highly recommended: PocoCMS is hosted on GitHub, so you should probably get an account on GitHub.
• Then you install it as you would any other GitHub repo. Drop into the terminal, then:

1. Change to the directory you want Git to be installed in. It will be generated in a subdirectory of that directory. For example, on Unix or Mac, it might be something like:

cd ~/code

2. Download the repo as you would any other repo:

git clone https://github.com/pococms/poco
cd poco

3. Compile!

go build

4. This will give you a poco in the current directory. Start your first project like this:

./poco ~/mysite
./poco -server ~/mysite

5. Paste the URL http://localhost:54321 into your browser to see your first PocoCMS site.

6. When you get a moment, put poco on the system path as soon as possible.