Dotclear is a free and open-source blogging platform written in PHP. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Dotclear on Kali Linux Latest.
First, visit the Dotclear downloads page to download the latest version of Dotclear. Alternatively, you can use the following command in the terminal to download the tarball:
wget https://download.dotclear.org/latest.tar.gz
Next, extract the downloaded file in a directory accessible by your webserver. You can use the following command to extract the tarball:
sudo tar xvzf latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
Once the files have been extracted, you need to set proper permissions to the Dotclear directory. You can use the following commands to set proper permissions:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/dotclear/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/dotclear/
Before you can proceed with the installation, you need to create a MySQL database for Dotclear. You can use the following commands to create a database, a user, and assign appropriate privileges:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This will log you in as the root MySQL user. Next, run the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE dotclear;
CREATE USER 'dotclear_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dotclear.* TO 'dotclear_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Now that you have created the database, navigate to http://localhost/dotclear/install/index.php in your web browser. This should take you to the Dotclear installer page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
When prompted for the database credentials, use the following:
You have successfully installed Dotclear on Kali Linux Latest. You can now login to your Dotclear installation at http://localhost/dotclear/admin/ and start creating blog posts.
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