Group Office is a web-based office suite and groupware software that allows you to manage and share your documents, emails, contacts, and appointments with your team from anywhere. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Group Office on Linux Mint Latest.
Before we begin, you should have the following:
Before you start the installation process, it is recommended to update the system with the latest patches and security updates. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Group Office requires some dependencies to be installed on your system. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php7.4 php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-intl php7.4-json php7.4-ldap php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml php7.4-zip
Download the latest version of Group Office from the official website by running the following command:
curl -O https://sourceforge.net/projects/group-office/files/latest/download
Extract the downloaded file to the /var/www/html directory using the following commands:
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/groupoffice
sudo tar xvzf download -C /var/www/html/groupoffice
Set the correct permissions for the Group Office directory by running the following commands:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/groupoffice/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/groupoffice/
Create a new MySQL database and user for Group Office. Run the following command to log in to the MySQL shell:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password when prompted, then create a new database and user with the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE groupoffice_db;
CREATE USER 'groupoffice_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON groupoffice_db.* TO 'groupoffice_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Make sure to replace “password” with a strong password for the database user.
Create a new Apache configuration file for Group Office with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/groupoffice.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/groupoffice
<Directory /var/www/html/groupoffice/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/groupoffice_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/groupoffice_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file. Then, enable the site with the following command:
sudo a2ensite groupoffice.conf
Next, enable the Apache rewrite module and restart Apache with the following commands:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:
http://your-server-ip/groupoffice/install/
Follow the on-screen instructions to install Group Office. When prompted, enter the following details:
After the installation is complete, remove the install directory using the following command:
sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/groupoffice/install/
You can now access Group Office by visiting the following URL in your web browser:
http://your-server-ip/groupoffice/
Log in with the admin username and password you created during the installation process.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Group Office on Linux Mint Latest. You can now use Group Office to manage your documents, contacts, emails, and appointments with your team from anywhere.
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