Plone Products Installation in Linux

Plone products can be installed in Linux with the help of KRUSADER program.

The first thing to do is to log in to Quintagroup Plone hosting account in the following way:

Go to Quintagroup Control Panel and click on the folder Server:

Copy your personal SSH information:

Now that you have the necessary password, start working with Krusader. Click on the New Net Connection button of Krusader toolbar, or go to Commands drop-down menu and select New Net Connection item:

new-connection

In the New Network Connection window, which appeared after you've selected New Net Connection, enter your Host name, Username, and password, then click on the Connect button:

new-con-window

After you have been connected, Krusader right column will display you the content of your instance. Select the folder data1 in the right column:

data1

Open the folder Products:

After that you will see the list of the products you have in your instance:

products-contents

Suppose, you want to install qPloneDropDonwMenu to your instance. Note, that Plone versions of your instance and of the desired Plone product should coincide.

Download product.tar.gz archive
Unpack this archive
You will see qPloneDropDownMenu folder with python files inside.

Suppose, you see the list of products of your instance in the right column

Find qPloneDropDonwMenu folder in the left column of Krusader
Copy qPloneDropDonwMenu folder to the Products folder of your instance (right column) via drag-and-drop.

In case, this product was initially installed, but now you want just to upgrade it with a newer version, first delete the older version and only after that copy the new one.

After you have uploaded the necessary product to Products folder of your instance, go to Control Panel of Zope Management Interface (http://username.quintagroup.com/Control_Panel/manage) and click on the Restart button to have the products you've uploaded installed by the system:

restart

Finally, you have the Plone products you wanted. Now, when you go to the Plone Site Setup and then to Add/Remove Products, you are able to install them with Quick Installer by pressing the Install button.