Dalton Plan is an efficient and user-friendly education management system that allows educators to plan, manage and organize their curriculum, student data, and more. In this tutorial, we will go through the installation process of Dalton Plan on EndeavourOS.
Before we begin with the installation of Dalton Plan on EndeavourOS, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing any new software, it is always recommended to update the system's software repositories and packages to the latest version to ensure that your system is up to date.
To update the system, open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo pacman -Syu
Enter your password and wait for the update process to complete.
Dalton Plan requires a web server to run, so we need to install the Apache web server on our EndeavourOS system. Run the following command to install Apache:
sudo pacman -S apache
Enter your password and wait for the installation to complete.
Dalton Plan is built using PHP, so we need to install PHP on our system. Run the following command to install PHP:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache
Enter your password and wait for the installation to complete.
Now, we need to download Dalton Plan from the official website. Open your web browser and go to https://daltonplan.com/download. Click on the "Download" button to download a tarball file of Dalton Plan.
Once the download is complete, open the terminal and navigate to the directory where the tarball file is saved.
Run the following command to extract the Dalton Plan tarball file:
tar -xzvf daltonplan.tar.gz
The above command will create a new directory named "DaltonPlan" in the current directory.
To make Dalton Plan accessible via the web browser, we need to move the extracted files to the Apache web directory. Run the following command to move the Dalton Plan files to the Apache web directory:
sudo mv DaltonPlan /srv/http/
Enter your password and wait for the files to be moved.
To ensure that Apache can access and serve the Dalton Plan files, we need to set the correct permissions. Run the following command to set the correct permissions:
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/DaltonPlan
To start the Apache web server, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start httpd
If Apache is already running, you can skip this step.
Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/DaltonPlan. You should see the Dalton Plan login page.
Enter the default username and password (admin/admin) to login to Dalton Plan.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Dalton Plan on the latest version of EndeavourOS. Dalton Plan is a powerful education management system that provides educators with a platform to manage their curriculum, students, and more.
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