In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Dotclear on Debian Latest. Dotclear is a popular open-source blogging platform that is easy to use, customizable, and secure. It offers a clean interface, supports multiple languages, and has a large community of users and developers.
Before installing Dotclear, we need to make sure that our system is up-to-date. Open the terminal and update your system by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
This will update the package list and install the latest security updates.
To run Dotclear, we need a web server, PHP, and MariaDB. We can install them with the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 php mariadb-server
During the installation, you will be prompted to set the root password for the MariaDB database.
Next, we need to create a database and a user for Dotclear. Open the MariaDB console by typing:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then, run the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE dotcleardb;
CREATE USER 'dotclearuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dotcleardb.* TO 'dotclearuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace password with a secure password of your own choice.
Now we will download the Dotclear package from its official website:
cd /tmp
wget https://download.dotclear.org/latest.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded archive and move it to the web directory:
tar -xvf latest.tar.gz
sudo mv dotclear2 /var/www/html/dotclear
Open your web browser and visit the following URL:
http://localhost/dotclear/install/index.php
You will see the installation wizard. Follow the steps shown on the screen to configure Dotclear. Provide the database name, user, and password that we created earlier.
At the end of the installation, the wizard will prompt you to remove the install directory. Run the following command to remove it:
sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/dotclear/install
Now we need to configure Apache to serve Dotclear. Open the Apache configuration file by typing:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Insert the following lines at the end of the file:
<Directory /var/www/html/dotclear>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
Alias /dotclear /var/www/html/dotclear
Save and close the file. Then, enable the rewrite module and restart Apache:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and visit the following URL:
http://localhost/dotclear/
You will see the Dotclear interface. Log in with the username and password that you created during the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Dotclear on Debian Latest.
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