Steps to setup Plone in GNU/Linux

First i started with Plone 2.0.5 and Zope 2.8.0
But i got some errors while publishing. I posted the query in the plone users mailing list and got a solution that Zope 2.8.0 doesnt support Plone 2.0.5.

So i downloaded Zope 2.7.0 and installed it.
Installation steps for Zope: (As an ordinary user)

[webtest@headnode bin]$ tar -vxzf Zope-2.7.0.tgz

[webtest@headnode bin]$ cd Zope-2.7.0

[webtest@headnode bin]$ ./configure --prefix /opt/zope


Configuring Zope installation

Testing for an acceptable Python interpreter...

Python version 2.3.5 found at /usr/local/bin/python

Python version 2.3.5 found at /usr/local/bin/python2.3

Python version 2.3.3 found at /usr/bin/python


The optimum Python version (2.3.3) was found at /usr/bin/python.


- Zope top-level binary directory will be /opt/zope.
- Makefile written.

Next, run make.

[webtest@headnode bin]$ make install
(do it as a super user)
.
.
.At the end of the installation, you will see

Zope binaries installed successfully.

Now run '/opt/zope/bin/mkzopeinstance.py'

[webtest@headnode bin]$ /opt/zope/bin/mkzopeinstance.py
Please choose a directory in which you'd like to install
Zope "instance home" files such as database files, configuration
files, etc.

Directory: /home/webtest/zope
Please choose a username and password for the initial user.
These will be the credentials you use to initially manage
your new Zope instance.

Username: admin
Password:
Verify password:
[webtest@headnode bin]$ cd /home/webtest/zope/bin
[webtest@headnode bin]$ ./runzope
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2005-07-06T16:09:12 INFO(0) ZServer HTTP server started at Wed Jul 6 16:09:12 2005
Hostname: headnode.ececluster.com
Port: 8080
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2005-07-06T16:09:12 INFO(0) ZServer FTP server started at Wed Jul 6 16:09:12 2005
Hostname: headnode.ececluster.com
Port: 8021
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2005-07-06T16:09:14 DEBUG(-200) FileStorage create storage /home/webtest/zope/var/Data.fs
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2005-07-06T16:09:14 DEBUG(-200) TemporaryStorage create storage temporary storage for sessioning
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2005-07-06T16:09:14 BLATHER(-100) ZODB Commiting subtransaction of size 722
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2005-07-06T16:09:14 BLATHER(-100) ZODB Commiting subtransaction of size 1813
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2005-07-06T16:09:16 INFO(0) Zope New disk product detected, determining if we need to fix up any ZClasses.
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2005-07-06T16:09:16 BLATHER(-100) Z2 Installed sighandler for SIGTERM
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2005-07-06T16:09:16 BLATHER(-100) Z2 Installed sighandler for SIGINT
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2005-07-06T16:09:16 BLATHER(-100) Z2 Installed sighandler for SIGHUP
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2005-07-06T16:09:16 BLATHER(-100) Z2 Installed sighandler for SIGUSR2
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2005-07-06T16:09:16 INFO(0) Zope Ready to handle requests

Now Zope is ready and it can be tested in the browser
http://127.0.0.1:8080/
If you are using the port 8080 for someother application, then you can change the port numer in the file ~/zope/etc/zope.conf

Zope has been successfully installed and configured. Voila!!!

Installation steps for Plone:

[webtest@headnode webtest]$ tar -vxzf Plone-2.0.5.tar.gz

[webtest@headnode webtest]$ cp -R Plone-2.0.5/* zope/Products

Note: The Products folder should contain list of folders as shown and not the Plone-2.0.5 dir as such

Thats it, The installation of Plone is over. Now restart Zope.

[webtest@headnode bin]$ ./runzope
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2005-07-06T16:16:55 INFO(0) Zope New disk product detected, determining if we need to fix up any ZClasses.
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2005-07-06T16:16:56 BLATHER(-100) Z2 Installed sighandler for SIGTERM
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2005-07-06T16:16:56 BLATHER(-100) Z2 Installed sighandler for SIGINT
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2005-07-06T16:16:56 BLATHER(-100) Z2 Installed sighandler for SIGHUP
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2005-07-06T16:16:56 BLATHER(-100) Z2 Installed sighandler for SIGUSR2
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2005-07-06T16:16:56 INFO(0) Zope Ready to handle requests

Now to create a Plone site and test:
On the browser type:
http://127.0.0.1:8080/manage
Enter the user name and password.
In the page that loads, on the top right, select Plone site and click add.
Enter the necessary details , like id = test,.. and click on Add Plone Site.
To access the newly created plone site,
http://127.0.0.1:8080/test