Installing Concrete 5 CMS on EndeavourOS

Concrete 5 is a popular content management system that can be used to build websites and online applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Concrete 5 on EndeavourOS latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start installing Concrete 5, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

1. A running instance of EndeavourOS latest.
2. A web server such as Apache or Nginx.
3. PHP version 7.3 or higher.
4. MySQL or MariaDB database server.

Step 1: Download and Extract Concrete 5

1. Visit the official Concrete 5 website at https://www.concretecms.com.
2. Click on the "Download" button located on the homepage.
3. Select the latest stable version of Concrete 5 and click on the "Download" button.
4. Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file to your webserver's root directory.

You can do this by running the following command:

sudo tar -xvf concrete5_version_number.zip -C /var/www/html/

Replace "concrete5_version_number" with the actual version number of Concrete 5 that you downloaded.

Step 2: Configure Database

1. Create a new MySQL database for Concrete 5.

sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE dbname;
CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dbname.* TO 'username'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Replace "dbname", "username", and "password" with your preferred details.

2. Navigate to the Concrete 5 installation directory and edit the "config/site.php" file:

cd /var/www/html/
sudo nano config/site.php

3. Replace the database information with the one you just created:

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'username');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'dbname');

4. Save and close the file.

Step 3: Setup Concrete 5

1. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/concrete5_version_number/ to begin the installation process.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

3. Once the installation is complete, you can log in to your Concrete 5 dashboard by navigating to http://localhost/concrete5_version_number/index.php/login.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Concrete 5 on EndeavourOS latest. With Concrete 5 installed, you can start building your website or online application. We hope this tutorial was helpful and you found it useful. Let us know in the comments below if you have any questions or feedback.

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