How to Install Homepage by Tomershvueli on Linux Mint

Homepage by Tomershvueli is a sleek and minimalistic locally-hosted homepage for your web browser. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to install the homepage on your Linux Mint system.

Prerequisites

Before installing the homepage, you will need to have the following items set up on your system:

• A web server: This tutorial will use Apache.
• Git: You can install Git using the following command:

sudo apt-get install git

• PHP: If PHP is not installed, you can install it using the following command:

sudo apt-get install php 

Installing the Homepage

1. Clone the Homepage repository from Github using the Git command with this line:

git clone https://github.com/tomershvueli/homepage

2. Copy the files from the repository to your web server's document root directory. If you're using Apache, your document root directory is likely at /var/www/html. You can use the following command:

sudo cp -R homepage/* /var/www/html/

3. Change the ownership of the files so that the web server can access them:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/

4. Restart Apache:

sudo service apache2 restart

5. Open your web browser and navigate to localhost or 127.0.0.1. You should see the Homepage displayed in your browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Homepage by Tomershvueli on your Linux Mint system. Have fun personalizing your new homepage!

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