NextCloudPi is a free and open-source software that provides a private cloud storage service. It allows users to store, share and access their files and documents from any device. In this tutorial, we will provide step-by-step instructions on how to install NextCloudPi on Linux Mint.
Before we start, you’ll need the following things:
In the first step, we need to install NextCloud. We can do this by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install nextcloud
Once the installation is complete, we should see the following output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-bz2 php7.4-gd php7.4-imagick php7.4-intl php7.4-mbstring
php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml php7.4-zip
Suggested packages:
php-libsodium php-gmp
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libapache2-mod-php7.4 nextcloud php7.4-bz2 php7.4-gd php7.4-imagick php7.4-intl php7.4-mbstring
php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml php7.4-zip
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove, and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 62.4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 302 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
In the next step, we need to install NextCloudPi by running the following command in the terminal:
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/master/install.sh | bash
This command will download the latest version of NextCloudPi from the official Github repository and install it on our system.
The installation process may take a few minutes to complete, depending on our internet speed and system specs. Once the installation is complete, we should see the following output:
Installing NextCloudPi dependencies...
...
Installing NextCloudPi...
...
Installation complete.
Next, we need to configure NextCloudPi by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo ncp-config
This command will open the NextCloudPi Configuration menu. From here, we can configure various settings such as network, database, backup, and security options.
Once we have configured all the settings, we can exit the configuration menu by pressing ESC and selecting Yes to save changes.
Finally, we can access NextCloud by opening our web browser and typing the following URL into the address bar:
http://localhost/nextcloud
This will open the NextCloud login page. From here, we can create a new account or log in to our existing account if we already have one.
If we want to access NextCloud from another device, we need to replace localhost with the IP address of our Linux machine.
Congratulations, we have successfully installed and configured NextCloudPi on our Linux Mint system! We can now access our private cloud storage service and start uploading and sharing our files with others.
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