LinkAce is an open-source bookmark manager that allows you to organize, save, and share links with others. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install LinkAce on Linux Mint.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:
We need to install some dependencies before we can install LinkAce. Run the following command to install required packages:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl unzip git wget nginx mariadb-server php7.4-cli php7.4-fpm php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-dom php7.4-mbstring php7.4-zip
Composer is a dependency manager that helps to manage the packages and libraries that LinkAce requires. Run the following commands to install Composer:
cd /tmp
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Confirm that Composer is installed by running the following command:
composer --version
Create a new directory to install LinkAce:
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/linkace
Change the directory to the linkace directory and clone the repository using the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce.git /var/www/linkace/
Change ownership of the linkace directory:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/linkace
Change to the linkace directory:
cd /var/www/linkace
Run the following command to install dependencies:
sudo composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Copy the .env.example file to .env:
sudo cp .env.example .env
Generate an application key:
sudo php artisan key:generate
Edit the .env file:
sudo nano .env
Update these variables:
APP_URL=http://your_domain_or_ip
DB_DATABASE=linkace_db
DB_USERNAME=linkace_user
DB_PASSWORD=your_password
Save the changes and close the file.
Run the following command to create a database and a user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE linkace_db;
CREATE USER 'linkace_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON linkace_db.* TO 'linkace_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Run the following command to run database migrations:
sudo php artisan migrate
Create a new Nginx configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/linkace.conf
Paste the following content:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain_or_ip;
root /var/www/linkace/public;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Enable the LinkAce configuration and reload the Nginx service:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/linkace.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t && sudo service nginx reload
Open your web browser and go to http://your_domain_or_ip. You should see the LinkAce login page.
To log in, you can use the following default credentials:
admin@localhostadminAfter logging in, you can start to add, manage and organize your bookmarks.
You now have LinkAce installed on your Linux Mint server. You can further customize the application to suit your needs. Enjoy exploring the features!
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