WordPress is one of the most widely used content management systems on the web. It's free, open-source, highly customizable, and user-friendly. In this guide, we'll walk you through the process of installing WordPress on EndeavourOS, a rolling-release Arch Linux-based distribution.
Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to download the latest version of WordPress from its official website. You can do this by navigating to https://wordpress.org/download/ in your web browser and clicking the "Download WordPress" button. This will download a compressed .tar.gz file to your local machine.
After the download is complete, navigate to the downloaded WordPress archive file and extract it using the following command:
tar -xvzf wordpress-X.X.X.tar.gz
Replace X.X.X with the actual version number of the WordPress archive you downloaded.
This will extract the WordPress files to a directory named wordpress in your current working directory.
Next, move the extracted WordPress files to your Apache DocumentRoot, which is /srv/http on EndeavourOS by default:
sudo mv wordpress/* /srv/http/
After moving the WordPress files to the DocumentRoot, you need to set the correct permissions to ensure that Apache can read and write the files. The following commands should set the necessary permissions:
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http
sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/http
Now that WordPress is installed in the DocumentRoot, you need to create an Apache virtual host to serve your website. To do this, create a new Apache configuration file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/wordpress.conf
And add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your-domain.com
ServerAlias www.your-domain.com
DocumentRoot /srv/http/
<Directory "/srv/http/">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/your-domain.com-error_log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/your-domain.com-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
Replace your-domain.com and www.your-domain.com with your actual domain names.
After creating the new virtual host configuration file, save it and exit the editor.
To apply the changes to the Apache web server, you need to restart it. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Finally, you can complete the WordPress installation process by visiting your website in a web browser. If you configured your domain name correctly, you should see the WordPress installation page.
Follow the on-screen instructions to configure your site title, admin username, and password. After completing the installation process, you will be redirected to the WordPress dashboard, where you can customize your site and publish content.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install WordPress on EndeavourOS. By now, you should have a working WordPress site running on your system. Keep in mind that WordPress requires regular maintenance and updates to ensure security and compatibility with the latest tools and plugins available. Stay up to date and enjoy your new website!
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