Dotclear is a free and open-source blogging platform that allows you to create and manage your own blog or website. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Dotclear on EndeavourOS.
Before we begin, update your system to the latest version by running the following commands.
sudo pacman -Syu
Dotclear requires a web server and PHP to run. We will use Apache and PHP in this tutorial.
Install Apache and PHP using the Pacman package manager.
sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache
After installing Apache, you need to configure it to run Dotclear.
Open the Apache configuration file with a text editor.
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Find the following line and uncomment it by removing the hash (#) symbol at the beginning of the line.
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Save and close the file.
Download the latest version of Dotclear from the official website.
wget https://download.dotclear.org/latest.zip
Unzip the downloaded file in the Apache web server root directory.
sudo unzip latest.zip -d /srv/http/
Change the ownership of the Dotclear directory to the Apache user.
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/dotclear
Dotclear requires a MySQL database to store content, settings, and comments.
Log in to the MySQL shell as the root user.
mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for Dotclear.
CREATE DATABASE dotclear;
Create a new user and grant permission to access the database.
CREATE USER 'dotclear'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dotclear.* TO 'dotclear'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace 'password' with a strong password for the Dotclear user.
Exit the MySQL shell.
exit
Open the Dotclear configuration file with a text editor.
sudo nano /srv/http/dotclear/config.php
Find the following lines and replace them with your MySQL database details.
define('DC_DB_DRIVER','mysql');
define('DC_DB_HOST','localhost');
define('DC_DB_NAME','dotclear');
define('DC_DB_USER','dotclear');
define('DC_DB_PASSWORD','password');
Replace 'password' with the strong password you set for the Dotclear user.
Save and close the file.
Restart Apache to apply the changes.
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/dotclear/install/index.php to complete the installation.
Follow the on-screen instructions to configure your blog.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Dotclear on EndeavourOS. Now you can start creating content for your blog or website.
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