In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Joomla! on a Clear Linux system. Joomla! is a popular open-source content management system (CMS) that can be used to build websites and online applications. Clear Linux is a lightweight and fast distribution of Linux that can be used for a variety of purposes.
Before we start, we need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met:
Before installing any new software, it is always a good idea to update the system first. To update Clear Linux, run the following command in a terminal:
sudo swupd update
This will update the system to the latest version.
Joomla! requires some software libraries to be installed in order to work properly. We can install them using the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add php php-mbstring mariadb mysql
This will install PHP, the PHP mbstring extension, and the MariaDB and MySQL databases.
Joomla! can be downloaded from the official website. At the time of writing, the latest version is 3.10.1. You can use wget to download the package:
wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-10-1/Joomla_3-10-1-Stable-Full_Package.zip
This will download the package to your current directory.
Next, we need to extract the Joomla! package and move it to the correct location. You can extract the package using the following command:
unzip Joomla_3-10-1-Stable-Full_Package.zip
This will extract the package to a folder called Joomla_3.10.1-Stable-Full_Package.
Next, we need to move the extracted files to the document root of Apache. Clear Linux uses the Apache web server by default, and the document root is located at /var/www/htdocs. We can move the files using the following command:
sudo mv Joomla_3.10.1-Stable-Full_Package/* /var/www/htdocs/
Joomla! requires a database to store its content. We can use MariaDB for this purpose. To configure MariaDB, follow these steps:
Start the MariaDB server using the following command:
sudo systemctl start mysqld
Set the root password for MariaDB:
sudo mysqladmin -u root password "yourpassword"
Replace yourpassword with a strong password of your choice.
Create a new database for Joomla!:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This will open a MySQL prompt. Enter the root password that you set earlier.
CREATE DATABASE joomla;
CREATE USER 'joomla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla.* TO 'joomla'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Now we are ready to install Joomla!. Open a web browser and go to http://localhost. You should see the Joomla! installation page.
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. When prompted for database information, enter the following:
MySQLilocalhostjoomlapasswordjoomlaReplace password with the password that you set earlier.
After the installation is complete, you should see the Joomla! administrator dashboard.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Joomla! on Clear Linux. We have installed the required software libraries, downloaded and extracted Joomla!, configured MariaDB, and installed Joomla!. You can now use Joomla! to build websites and online applications.
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