OSSN is an open-source social network platform that provides all the necessary features for creating a social network with ease. It is written in PHP and MySQL, and it supports plugins to extend its functionality. Here's how to install OSSN on Arch Linux.
Before installing OSSN on your Arch Linux system, make sure the following packages are installed:
To install these packages, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache mysql
The first step is to download the OSSN package from their website. You can download the latest version of OSSN from https://www.opensource-socialnetwork.org/download. Once the download is complete, extract the package to a directory of your choice.
wget https://www.opensource-socialnetwork.org/download -O ossn.zip
unzip ossn.zip -d ossn
Next, you need to create a MySQL database and user for OSSN. To do that, open the MySQL shell and run the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
# Enter your password when prompted
CREATE DATABASE ossn;
CREATE USER 'ossnuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ossn.* TO 'ossnuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
OSSN requires certain Apache modules to work properly. To enable these modules, run the following command:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Next, you need to create a virtual host for OSSN. Create a new file called ossn.conf in the /etc/httpd/conf/extra/ directory with the following contents:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ossn.example.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/ossn/
<Directory /path/to/ossn/>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace ossn.example.com with your domain name and /path/to/ossn/ with the path to the OSSN directory.
Reload Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl reload httpd
Open your web browser and navigate to http://ossn.example.com/install.php. Follow the on-screen instructions to install OSSN. When prompted, enter the MySQL database details you created in Step 2.
After the installation is complete, delete the install.php file for security reasons.
sudo rm /path/to/ossn/install.php
Congratulations! You have successfully installed OSSN on Arch Linux. You can now create your own social network with ease.
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