LibreTime is a free and open-source alternative to proprietary broadcast scheduling and automation software. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install LibreTime on Elementary OS Latest.
Before you begin, you need to make sure your system is up to date and has the following prerequisites:
To update and upgrade your system, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
LibreTime requires a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) to run. To install the LAMP stack on your system, you can use the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-mysql php7.2-curl php7.2-json php-curl php-xml php-imagick php-mbstring zip unzip
During the installation process, you will be asked to set a root password for MySQL. Make sure to remember it as you will need it later.
Once you have installed the prerequisites and the LAMP stack, you can proceed to install LibreTime. Follow these steps:
Download the latest LibreTime release from https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime/releases/latest
Extract the downloaded file to a desired location on your system.
Open the extracted directory and run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo ./install -fiap
During the installation process, you will be prompted to enter your MySQL root password. Enter the password you set earlier.
The installation process will take some time, and you will be prompted to set up a user account and password for LibreTime.
Once the installation is complete, you need to configure Apache to serve the LibreTime files. To do this, create a new virtual host for LibreTime by creating a new configuration file in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/libretime.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName <your-domain>
DocumentRoot /path/to/libretime/web
<Directory /path/to/libretime/web>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/libretime.error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/libretime.access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace <your-domain> with your own domain name (or IP address) and /path/to/libretime with the path where you extracted LibreTime in step 2.
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the new virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite libretime.conf
Finally, restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo service apache2 restart
To access LibreTime, open a web browser and go to http://your-domain-or-ip-address. You should see the LibreTime login page.
To log in, use the account and password you set up during the installation process.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed LibreTime on Elementary OS Latest.
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