Installing Roadiz on Linux Mint

Roadiz is an open-source Content Management System that helps developers to build customised websites. It is built on top of Symfony framework and allows the creation of complex websites with a user-friendly interface. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Roadiz on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation of Roadiz on Linux Mint, make sure to have the following prerequisites in place:

• A user account with sudo privileges.
• Installed MariaDB or MySQL database server.
• Installed Apache or Nginx web servers.

Step 1: Install PHP

Roadiz requires PHP 7.1 or later versions to run. To install PHP on your Linux Mint system, run the following command:

sudo apt update -y 
sudo apt install -y php php-cli php-json php-curl php-mysql php-intl php-xml php-mbstring php-zip

After PHP has been installed, verify the installation by running the following command:

php -v

The output will show details on the installed version of PHP.

Step 2: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. It is used to manage and install packages required for Roadiz to run. To install composer, run the following command:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Verify the installation of composer by running:

composer -v

Step 3: Install Roadiz

Now that you have installed PHP and Composer, you can proceed with the installation of Roadiz. Follow the steps below:

1. Download the latest release of Roadiz using the following command:

composer create-project roadiz/standard my-website --no-dev

Here, "my-website" is the name of the directory where the files will be downloaded. You can rename it as required.

2. Next, change the current directory to where Roadiz is installed by running:

cd my-website

3. Run the following command to configure the Roadiz database configuration:

php bin/roadiz configure

This will open the configuration wizard, where you will be asked to provide details like database credentials and admin username/password.

4. Run the following command to generate database schema:

php bin/roadiz orm:schema-create

Now that you have successfully installed Roadiz, you can launch it by running:

php bin/roadiz server:start

This will start the PHP built-in web server on port 8000. You can access it by opening a web browser and typing in http://localhost:8000/.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Roadiz on Linux Mint. As a next step, you can start customising the website by going through the official Roadiz documentation.

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