How to Install WriteFreely on Elementary OS Latest

WriteFreely is a free and open-source platform for creating and publishing blog posts. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install WriteFreely on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing WriteFreely on your system, you need to install some prerequisites.

• Apache
• PHP
• MySQL or MariaDB

You can install these packages by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y apache2 php mariadb-server mariadb-client

Steps to Install WriteFreely

Follow the steps below to install WriteFreely on your system.

1. Download the latest version of WriteFreely from the official website https://writefreely.org.

2. Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

   tar -xvf writefreely-<version>.tar.gz
   

3. Move the extracted directory to the Apache default document root directory by running the following command:

   sudo mv writefreely-<version> /var/www/html/writefreely
   

4. Create a new database for WriteFreely by running the following command:

   MySQL> CREATE DATABASE writefreelydb;
   

5. Create a new user for the database and grant them the necessary privileges by running the following commands:

   MySQL> CREATE USER 'writefreelyuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
   MySQL> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON writefreelydb.* TO 'writefreelyuser'@'localhost';
   

6. Navigate to the WriteFreely directory by running the following command:

   cd /var/www/html/writefreely
   

7. Copy the .env.sample file and name it .env by running the following command:

   cp .env.sample .env
   

8. Edit the .env file to configure the database settings. Replace the following values with your database details:

   DB_HOST=localhost
   DB_NAME=writefreelydb
   DB_USER=writefreelyuser
   DB_PASS=password
   

9. Set the correct permissions for the writefreely directory by running the following commands:

   sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/writefreely
   sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/writefreely
   

10. Restart Apache server by running the following command:

    sudo systemctl restart apache2
    

11. Access WriteFreely on your system by navigating to http://localhost/writefreely in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed WriteFreely on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can now start using it to publish your blog posts.

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