TaskBoard is a simple and easy-to-use application that allows you to manage your tasks and projects visually. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install TaskBoard on your Alpine Linux system.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
To ensure that your system has the latest updates and packages, run the following command:
$ sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
This command will update your system and install the latest security patches.
TaskBoard requires some dependencies to run on the system. You need to install these dependencies by running the following command:
$ sudo apk add php7 php7-json php7-curl php7-iconv php7-openssl php7-tokenizer php7-mbstring php7-xml php7-dom php7-zip php7-pdo_mysql php7-session php7-gd php7-zlib composer
This command installs all the required dependencies, including PHP7, Curl, OpenSSL, and others.
To download the TaskBoard, you can either download the ZIP or Git clone it from the GitHub repository, using the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/kiswa/TaskBoard.git
This command will clone the TaskBoard repository in the current directory.
Once you have downloaded TaskBoard, navigate to the TaskBoard directory and run the following command:
$ composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --ignore-platform-reqs
This command will install all the required packages and dependencies.
After installing the dependencies, configure TaskBoard by creating a configuration file:
$ cp config/global.php.sample config/global.php
Then open the config/global.php file in your preferred editor and configure it as per your requirements.
Once you have installed and configured TaskBoard, you can start it by running the following command:
$ php -S localhost:8000 -t public
This command starts the TaskBoard server on port 8000, and you can access it through your web browser by visiting http://localhost:8000.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure TaskBoard on Alpine Linux Latest. TaskBoard is an easy-to-use and powerful tool that keeps your project and task management simple and visually appealing.
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