Flarum is a modern and open-source forum software that is designed to be fast, simple, and elegant. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Flarum on Linux Mint Latest step by step.
Before proceeding with Flarum installation, ensure that your system is up to date with the latest package releases using the following commands.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Next, install the required packages for Flarum using the following command.
sudo apt-get install curl git unzip zip php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-fpm php7.4-json php7.4-mysql php7.4-zip php7.4-mbstring php7.4-gd php7.4-curl -y
Flarum requires Composer to download the required packages and dependencies. Use the following command to install Composer on your system.
sudo curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer
After the installation is complete, verify the Composer installation by running the following command.
composer -v
Now, we can install Flarum by cloning the latest version from the official Github repository. Follow the instructions below.
cd /var/www/html/
sudo git clone --branch v1.0.0 https://github.com/flarum/flarum.git
cd flarum
sudo composer install --no-dev -o
Give appropriate permissions to the Flarum directory and its subdirectories.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/flarum/
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/flarum/
Log in to your MariaDB or MySQL server using the following command.
mysql -u root -p
Create a new database and user for Flarum using the following commands.
CREATE DATABASE flarum;
CREATE USER 'flarumuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON flarum.* TO 'flarumuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file to serve Flarum web files.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/flarum.conf
Add the following lines inside the file and save it.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/flarum/public
<Directory /var/www/html/flarum/public>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/flarum_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/flarum_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Enable the newly created virtual host and restart the Apache2 service.
sudo a2ensite flarum.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2
sudo systemctl status apache2
Open the browser and navigate to http://your-ip-address or http://your-domain-name, and you will see the Flarum installation wizard.
Provide the database details that we created earlier and complete the installation process.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Flarum on the Linux Mint Latest server. You can now start using Flarum as your community discussion platform.
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