In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Framadate on Arch Linux. Framadate is an open-source online service that enables easy scheduling for your meetings or appointments. This tutorial assumes that you have a basic knowledge of the Arch Linux command line interface.
Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that your Arch Linux system is up-to-date by executing the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -Syu
Framadate requires a web server to run. In this tutorial, Apache will be used as the web server. To install Apache, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S apache
Once the installation is complete, start and enable the Apache service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start httpd.service
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
You can verify if Apache is running correctly by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost/. You should see the default Apache web page.
Framadate is written in PHP and requires some PHP extensions to run correctly. To install PHP and the required extensions, execute the following command:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache php-gd php-intl php-pgsql
After the installation, restart the Apache service for the changes to take effect by executing:
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service
Framadate requires a database to store its data. In this tutorial, PostgreSQL will be used as the database. To install PostgreSQL, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S postgresql
After the installation, start and enable the PostgreSQL service by running:
sudo systemctl start postgresql.service
sudo systemctl enable postgresql.service
Now that PostgreSQL is installed, we need to set it up. First, add a new user with a username of your choice, and set its password:
sudo su -
su - postgres
createuser --interactive --pwprompt
Next, create a new database for Framadate and grant the user permissions to access it:
createdb -O your_username your_database_name
Finally, change the PostgreSQL authentication method to md5 by editing the pg_hba.conf file:
sudo nano /var/lib/postgres/data/pg_hba.conf
Change the following line to:
host all all all md5
Save and close the file. Then, restart the PostgreSQL service:
sudo systemctl restart postgresql.service
To download and install Framadate, run the following commands:
cd /srv/http/
sudo git clone https://framagit.org/framasoft/framadate.git
cd framadate
sudo chmod -R 777 app/cache app/conf app/sessions app/logs app/uploads
cp app/config/example.parameters.yml app/config/parameters.yml
Next, edit the parameters.yml file and replace the database information with your own information:
nano app/config/parameters.yml
database_host: localhost
database_port: 5432
database_name: your_database_name
database_user: your_username
database_password: your_password
Save and close the file.
Finally, run the following command to install Framadate:
sudo composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
The last step is to configure Apache to serve Framadate. Create a new Apache configuration file for Framadate:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/framadate.conf
Add the following content to the file:
Alias /framadate /srv/http/framadate/web
<Directory /srv/http/framadate/web>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
DirectoryIndex index.php
</Directory>
# Enable rewite module
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
# Enable PHP
LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
AddHandler php7-script php
Include conf/extra/php7_module.conf
Save and close the file.
Finally, restart the Apache service:
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service
You can now access Framadate by navigating to http://localhost/framadate in your web browser.
That's it! You have successfully installed Framadate on your Arch Linux system. You can use Framadate to schedule meetings and appointments, all through an easy-to-use web interface.
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