GNU FM is a free and open source music community platform that allows users to create and share their own music playlists. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of GNU FM on Arch Linux.
Before starting with the installation, you need to have the following prerequisites:
Open the terminal and login as a root user.
sudo -i
Update the package manager and upgrade the system packages to the latest version.
pacman -Syu
Install the required dependencies for GNU FM with the following command.
pacman -S curl php-curl php-gd php-intl php-mcrypt php-mysql php-xmlrpc
Install MariaDB using the following command.
pacman -S mariadb
Initialize the MariaDB database and start the database service.
mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql/
systemctl start mariadb.service
systemctl enable mariadb.service
Secure the MariaDB installation by running the following script.
mysql_secure_installation
Change to the web server document root directory.
cd /srv/http/
Download the GNU FM package from the official website.
sudo curl -s https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnufm/gnufm-0.3.5.tar.gz -o gnufm.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded archive and rename the extracted directory to "gnufm".
sudo tar xzf gnufm.tar.gz
sudo mv gnufm-0.3.5 gnufm
Configure the Apache web server to serve the GNU FM application by creating a new VirtualHost file.
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/gnufm.conf
Copy and paste the following configuration into the file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot "/srv/http/gnufm/public_html/"
ServerName example.com
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/gnufm-error.log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/gnufm-access.log" combined
<Directory "/srv/http/gnufm/public_html/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file by pressing CTRL + O and CTRL + X.
Restart the Apache web server to apply the new configuration.
systemctl restart httpd.service
Create a new database for the GNU FM application with the following command.
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE gnufm;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON gnufm.* TO 'gnufmuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Edit the GNU FM configuration file to set the database credentials.
cd /srv/http/gnufm/app/
sudo cp config.php.sample config.php
sudo nano config.php
Modify the following lines in the file.
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'gnufm');
define('DB_USER', 'gnufmuser');
define('DB_PASS', 'password');
Change the file permissions of the GNU FM application directory to allow web server access and write permissions.
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/gnufm/
sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/http/gnufm/
Open your web browser and navigate to the URL http://example.com/install.php (replace "example.com" with your own domain name) to start the installation process.
Follow the installation wizard and provide the required information such as database name, username, and password.
Once the installation is complete, remove the "install.php" file from the document root directory for security purposes.
sudo rm /srv/http/gnufm/install.php
That's it! You have successfully installed and configured the GNU FM application on your Arch Linux system. You can now start uploading and sharing your music playlists with your friends and followers.
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