Installing Anahita on Arch Linux

Anahita is a social networking platform that enables users to create and manage their own social networks. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Anahita on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, you must have installed the following packages on your system:

• Apache
• MySQL or MariaDB
• PHP
• Git

You can install these packages using the following command:

sudo pacman -S apache mariadb php php-apache git

Installing Anahita

Follow the steps below to install Anahita on your Arch Linux system:

1. Open the terminal and navigate to your web server's document root. For Apache users, the default document root directory is /srv/http/.

cd /srv/http/

2. Clone the Anahita repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/anahitasocial/anahita.git

3. Change the ownership of the Anahita directory to the Apache user and group:

sudo chown -R http:http anahita

4. Create a new virtual host configuration file for Anahita:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/anahita.conf

5. Add the following lines to the virtual host configuration file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your.domain.com
    DocumentRoot /srv/http/anahita

    <Directory /srv/http/anahita>
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/anahita-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/anahita-access.log common
</VirtualHost>

6. Save the file and exit the editor.

7. Enable the newly created virtual host:

sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/extra/anahita.conf /etc/httpd/conf/sites-enabled/

8. Restart Apache to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

9. Create a new MySQL or MariaDB database for Anahita:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE anahita;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON anahita.* TO 'anahita'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

10. Rename the configuration file configuration.php.dist to configuration.php:

cd /srv/http/anahita/configuration
cp configuration.php.dist configuration.php

11. Edit the configuration.php file and modify the following lines with your MySQL or MariaDB database information:

define('JDatabaseDriver', 'mysqli');
define('JDatabaseHost', 'localhost');
define('JDatabaseUsername', 'anahita');
define('JDatabasePassword', 'your_password');
define('JDatabaseName', 'anahita');

12. Save the file and exit the editor.

13. Open your web browser and navigate to the Anahita installation page. The installation wizard should appear automatically. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Anahita on Arch Linux. You can now start using the social networking platform to create and manage your own social networks.

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