Install liferay:
Installation Software Requirements:
1. liferay-portal-tomcat-6.0.6-20110225.zip
2. liferay-plugins-sdk-6.1.0.zip
3. eclipse_Liferay_IDE_v201103310222-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
4. jdk 1.6
Follow the steps:
1. Download Liferay-portal-6.0.6.zip(tomcat bundled) from Liferay's official site.
2. create a folder as Liferay_home(can use any name) and unzip the liferay-portal within it.
3. Then create a file as build.username.properties(own operating system username) in Liferay_home and specify the path of the application server.
(e.g.- I used build.nitesh.properties and specify the server path as(app.server.dir=/home/nitesh/Desktop/LifeRay/liferay-portal-6.0.6/tomcat-6.0.29/))
4. install jdk 1.6(We are using jdk1.6.0_24 in staging server)
5. set JAVA_HOME,JRE_HOME.For setting JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME,go to your superuser(i.e,root) and then follw as given
below:
# cd /etc
# vi profile
then add export JAVA_HOME=absolute path of jdk 1.6 bin
(e.g:- export JAVA_HOME=/home/nitesh/Desktop/jdk1.6.0_24/bin)
add JRE_HOME in same way.save and logout from the editor.
