How to install Framadate on EndeavourOS Latest

Framadate is an open-source online service used to conduct polls and schedule appointments. Here, we will demonstrate how to install Framadate on EndeavourOS Latest using the command-line interface.

Prerequisites

• A running instance of EndeavourOS Latest.
• Basic knowledge of Linux commands and package management.

Installation

To install Framadate on EndeavourOS Latest, the following steps should be followed:

1. Access the Terminal

   Click on the Applications Menu (on the top left of your screen), type Terminal, and click on the Terminal app that appears.

2. Update the System Packages

   Once the Terminal window opens, input the following command to update your system packages.

   sudo pacman -Syyu
   

   This command will update the system packages and ensure we have the latest versions of all software components.

3. Install Required Packages

   Before proceeding with the installation of Framadate, we need to install the following required packages

   sudo pacman -S php php-fpm apache mariadb
   

   This command installs PHP, PHP-FPM, Apache, and MariaDB on your EndeavourOS instance. These packages serve as dependencies for Framadate.

4. Start and Enable Services

   After installing the required packages, we need to start and enable services.

   sudo systemctl start httpd
   sudo systemctl enable httpd
   sudo systemctl start mariadb
   sudo systemctl enable mariadb
   sudo systemctl start php-fpm
   sudo systemctl enable php-fpm
   

   This command starts and enables the Apache, MariaDB, and PHP-FPM services on your system.

5. Download and Extract Framadate

   Next, we need to download Framadate and extract it to the Apache web root directory.

   cd /tmp
   wget https://framadate.org/abc/framadate.tar.gz
   tar -xvzf framadate.tar.gz
   sudo cp -R framadate/* /srv/http/
   

   This command downloads the latest version of Framadate, extracts it to a temporary directory, and copies it to the Apache web root directory.

6. Configure the Database

   After extracting Framadate, we need to create a database and user for it.

   sudo mysql
   CREATE DATABASE framadate;
   GRANT ALL ON framadate.* TO 'framadate_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
   exit
   

   Replace PASSWORD with a secure password. This command creates a database named framadate and a user named framadate_user with the given password.

7. Configure Framadate

   Next, we will configure Framadate. We need to edit the config.php file to specify our MariaDB credentials.

   sudo nano /srv/http/config.php
   

   Find the following lines and uncomment them by removing the // at the beginning of the line:

   $config['db_host'] = '';
   $config['db_name'] = '';
   $config['db_user'] = '';
   $config['db_password'] = '';
   

   Update the values as follows:

   $config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
   $config['db_name'] = 'framadate';
   $config['db_user'] = 'framadate_user';
   $config['db_password'] = 'PASSWORD';
   

   Save and close the file using Ctrl + X, followed by Y.

8. Configure Firewall

   Finally, we need to configure the firewall to allow access to Framadate.

   sudo ufw allow http
   

   This command enables HTTP access on port 80.

9. Access Framadate

   Now we can access our newly installed Framadate by opening the following URL in our web browser:

   http://localhost
   

   Follow the prompts to set up your Framadate instance.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Framadate on EndeavourOS Latest.

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