In this tutorial, we will provide a step-by-step guide on how to install Chevereto on Arch Linux. Chevereto is a free and open-source image hosting software used to create your own image hosting site similar to Imgur.
Before we begin, it is important to ensure that your system is up-to-date. To update your system, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -Syu
Additionally, we will be using Apache as the web server for this tutorial. If you do not have Apache installed on your system, you can do so by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache
Chevereto requires certain dependencies to be installed before it can be installed. We will install these dependencies using the following command:
sudo pacman -S git curl php php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-pgsql postgresql
Chevereto requires PostgreSQL to store image data. We will install and configure it using the following commands:
sudo pacman -S postgresql
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo -iu postgres
psql
You will then be prompted with the PostgreSQL prompt. Enter the following commands to create a new user and database for Chevereto:
CREATE USER chevereto WITH PASSWORD 'password';
CREATE DATABASE chevereto;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE chevereto to chevereto;
Exit the PostgreSQL console by entering \q followed by exit.
We will now clone the Chevereto repository using Git. Enter the following command:
git clone https://github.com/Chevereto/Chevereto-Free.git /var/www/chevereto
Note that we are cloning the repository to /var/www/chevereto directory, which is the Apache web root directory.
We will now configure Apache to serve our Chevereto instance. Open the Apache configuration file in your preferred text editor by running:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add the following snippet to the end of the file to create a new virtual host for Chevereto:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/chevereto"
ServerName example.com
<Directory "/var/www/chevereto/">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace example.com with the domain name or IP address of your server.
Save and exit the file.
Restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
We will now configure Chevereto to use the PostgreSQL database that we created earlier.
Copy the sample configuration file by running the following command:
cp /var/www/chevereto/app/settings.sample.php /var/www/chevereto/app/settings.php
Open the configuration file in your preferred text editor:
nano /var/www/chevereto/app/settings.php
Find the following lines:
define('CHEVERETO_DB_NAME', 'your_database_name');
define('CHEVERETO_DB_USER', 'your_database_username');
define('CHEVERETO_DB_PASS', 'your_database_password');
Replace your_database_name, your_database_username, and your_database_password with the values that you used when creating the PostgreSQL user and database earlier in step 2.
Save and exit the file.
We will now navigate to the Chevereto installation page in our web browser to complete the installation process.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://example.com/install. Replace example.com with the domain name or IP address of your server.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Chevereto on Arch Linux. You can now use Chevereto to create and manage your own image hosting site.
Note that this tutorial only covers the basic installation of Chevereto. You may need to refer to the official Chevereto documentation for more advanced configurations and customizations.
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