Dotclear is a blogging content management system that allows users to create and manage their own blogs. Here is a step-by-step guide on how you can install Dotclear on Clear Linux:
Before installing Dotclear, make sure that Clear Linux is up to date. Open the terminal window and type in the following command:
sudo swupd update
To run Dotclear, you must have PHP and Apache web server installed on your system. To install these packages, type in the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add php apache-php
Dotclear requires a database to store its contents. We will use MariaDB, which is a popular open source database management system. To install MariaDB, type in the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add mariadb
Next, we will create a MariaDB user and database for Dotclear. Open the MySQL shell by typing in the following command:
sudo mysql
Once in the MySQL shell, type in the following commands one by one:
create database dotclear;
create user dotclear identified by 'password';
grant all privileges on dotclear.* to dotclear;
exit
Replace 'password' with a secure password of your choice.
Now that we have all the prerequisites installed, we can download and install Dotclear on our system. First, navigate to the /var/www/ directory by typing in the following command:
cd /var/www/
Then, download the latest version of Dotclear by typing in the following command:
sudo wget https://download.dotclear.org/latest.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file by typing in the following command:
sudo tar zxvf latest.tar.gz
Rename the extracted directory to 'dotclear' by typing in the following command:
sudo mv dotclear-* dotclear
In order for Dotclear to work, we need to configure it to connect to the database we created earlier. First, navigate to the Dotclear directory by typing in the following command:
cd /var/www/dotclear/
Make a copy of the 'default.config.php' file by typing in the following command:
sudo cp inc/config.default.php inc/config.php
Then, edit the 'inc/config.php' file using a text editor such as nano by typing in the following command:
sudo nano inc/config.php
Under the '// Database access' section of the file, replace the default values with the following:
define('DC_DB_DRIVER', 'mysql');
define('DC_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DC_DB_NAME', 'dotclear');
define('DC_DB_USER', 'dotclear');
define('DC_DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DC_DB_PREFIX', '');
Replace 'password' with the password you chose earlier.
Save and exit the file by pressing 'Ctrl+X' followed by 'Y' and then Enter.
To configure Apache web server, we need to create a virtual host for Dotclear. Navigate to the Apache configuration directory by typing in the following command:
cd /etc/httpd/
Create a new file called 'dotclear.conf' by typing in the following command:
sudo nano dotclear.conf
Then, copy and paste the following code into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/dotclear/public"
ServerName example.com
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/dotclear-error.log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/dotclear-access.log" common
<Directory "/var/www/dotclear/public">
AllowOverride all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace 'example.com' with your domain name or IP address.
Save and exit the file by pressing 'Ctrl+X' followed by 'Y' and then Enter.
Finally, start Apache and MariaDB by typing in the following command:
sudo systemctl start httpd mariadb
You can now access Dotclear by opening a web browser and navigating to http://example.com, where 'example.com' is the domain name or IP address you entered earlier.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Dotclear on Clear Linux!
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