Galette is a web application for managing associations, clubs, and non-profit organizations. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Galette on Elementary OS latest.
Before we begin with the installation process, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
First, download the Galette application from the official website by running the following command in the Terminal:
wget https://download.tuxfamily.org/galette/galette-version.tar.gz
Replace the version with the latest version available on the download page.
Once the download has completed, extract the archive by typing:
tar -xzf galette-version.tar.gz
Move the extracted contents to the Apache2 document root directory /var/www/html/ by running the below command:
sudo mv galette-version/* /var/www/html/
Galette requires some additional packages to run. We can install them by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install php-xml php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-zip php-curl
Galette requires a MySQL database to store its data. We will create a new MySQL database and user for Galette application.
To create a new database, run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password when prompted, and then run the following commands to create the new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE galette CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
CREATE USER 'galette'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON galette.* TO 'galette'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace the database username galette and password password with your desired values.
Next, we need to configure the Apache2 web server to serve the Galette application. Run the following command to create a new virtual host for the domain name galette.local:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/galette.conf
Paste the following configuration in the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName galette.local
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
<Directory /var/www/html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl+X, then Y, then Enter.
Enable the newly created virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite galette.conf
Lastly, restart the Apache2 web server for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now, open your web browser and navigate to http://galette.local/ to begin the installation process.
Follow the installation wizard's instructions and provide the MySQL details you previously created.
Once the installation process is complete, create the admin user account and log in to the application.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Galette on Elementary OS latest. You can now use Galette to manage your organization.
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