How to Install Collective Access - Providence on Arch Linux

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Collective Access - Providence on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, ensure that you have access to the following:

• A working Arch Linux system
• A user account with sudo privileges
• Access to a command-line terminal

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

The first step is to install the required dependencies for Collective Access - Providence.

sudo pacman -S apache mariadb php php-apache php-gd php-intl php-sqlite php-xml php-zip

Step 2: Install Composer

The next step is to install Composer, which is a tool for managing dependencies in PHP applications.

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');" 
php composer-setup.php 
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Step 3: Download and Install Collective Access - Providence

To download and install Collective Access - Providence, follow the steps below:

1. Download the latest version of Collective Access - Providence from the official website: https://collectiveaccess.org/
2. Extract the downloaded file to the /var/www/html/ directory.

cd /var/www/html/
sudo wget https://github.com/collectiveaccess/providence/archive/1.7.11.zip -O providence-1.7.11.zip
sudo unzip providence-1.7.11.zip
sudo mv providence-1.7.11 providence

3. Use Composer to download the required dependencies for Collective Access - Providence.

cd /var/www/html/providence/app
sudo composer install

Step 4: Configure Apache

The next step is to configure Apache to serve the Collective Access - Providence website.

1. Enable the Apache web server:

sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
sudo systemctl start httpd.service

2. Open the Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf with a text editor and add the following lines to the bottom of the file:

Alias /providence "/var/www/html/providence/app/webroot"
<Directory "/var/www/html/providence/app/webroot">
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

3. Restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

Step 5: Configure MariaDB

The final step is to configure MariaDB for Collective Access - Providence.

1. Start the MariaDB service:

sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service

2. Run the following command to configure MariaDB:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

During the installation process, you will be prompted to set a root password for MariaDB and configure some security settings.

3. Create a new database for Collective Access - Providence:

sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE providence CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON providence.* TO 'providenceuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace providenceuser and password with your desired MySQL username and password.

That's it! You can now access Collective Access - Providence at http://localhost/providence in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps to install and configure Collective Access - Providence on Arch Linux.

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