Flarum is a powerful and flexible forum software written in PHP which can be easily installed on Clear Linux. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to install Flarum on Clear Linux.
Before installing Flarum on Clear Linux, you need to have the following elements.
# swupd bundle-add php-basic dev-utils devpkg-icu
# swupd bundle-add php-apache ext-php-gd ext-php-intl ext-php-mbstring ext-php-mysqlnd
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. To install it, execute the following command.
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
Next, move the Composer binary file to /usr/local/bin directory.
$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
Use the following command to clone the official Flarum repository from Github:
$ git clone https://github.com/flarum/flarum.git
Next, use the following command to move the cloned repository into the Apache document root directory.
$ sudo mv flarum /var/www/html/flarum
Once you've installed all the dependencies and downloaded Flarum, you should configure it. Find and edit the following file.
$ vim /var/www/html/flarum/config.php
Replace the following lines:
database configurations
with your own database configurations:
$database = 'database_name';
$username = 'database_username';
$password = 'database_password';
$hostname = 'database_hostname';
Then save the file.
Navigate to Flarum directory and run the following command:
$ cd /var/www/html/flarum
$ composer install --no-dev -o
To enable Flarum to write to some of its directories, run the following command:
$ chmod 777 assets
$ chmod 777 storage
$ chmod 777 config.php
Enter in your web browser the following URL:
You will then see the Flarum installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
By following the steps in this tutorial, you should have successfully installed Flarum on Clear Linux latest version. You can now use Flarum to create and manage forums on your server.
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