LimeSurvey is an open-source survey application that allows users to create and conduct online surveys. If you are using the MXLinux operating system, this tutorial will guide you on how to install LimeSurvey.
Before we proceed, ensure you have the following:
First, you need to update and upgrade your system packages to ensure that you have the latest updates and dependencies installed. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
This command will update the system package list and upgrade the installed packages.
LimeSurvey requires a web server and PHP to run. You can install the Apache web server and PHP packages by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php
This command will install the Apache web server, PHP packages, and the Apache PHP module required for the web server to communicate with PHP.
LimeSurvey uses a database to store survey data. You can install MariaDB, a popular open-source database management system, by running the following command:
sudo apt install mariadb-server
This command will install the MariaDB server and client packages.
After installing MariaDB, you need to create a database and a user for LimeSurvey. Run the following command to access the MariaDB shell:
sudo mysql
Then, create a database and a user for LimeSurvey with the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE limesurveydb;
CREATE USER 'limesurveyuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON limesurveydb.* TO limesurveyuser@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace limesurveydb with your preferred database name and limesurveyuser with your preferred username. Also, change password to your preferred password.
You can download the latest version of LimeSurvey from its website at https://www.limesurvey.org/. After downloading, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the file and extract it by running the following command:
tar -xvf limesurvey3.0xxx.tar.gz
Replace limesurvey3.0xxx with the version number you downloaded.
Next, move the extracted LimeSurvey files to the Apache web root directory by running the following command:
sudo mv limesurvey /var/www/html/
Before accessing LimeSurvey, you need to ensure that the appropriate file permissions are set. Run the following commands to set the file permissions:
cd /var/www/html/limesurvey
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .
sudo chmod -R 755 .
These commands will change the ownership of the files to the Apache user and set the file permissions to allow read and execute access.
Finally, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/limesurvey to access the LimeSurvey installation page. Follow the instructions on the page to complete the installation process.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, you learned how to install LimeSurvey on MXLinux Latest. We covered installing Apache, PHP, and MariaDB, creating a database for LimeSurvey, downloading and extracting LimeSurvey, moving the files to the Apache web root directory, setting file permissions, and accessing the LimeSurvey installation page. Now you can create and conduct online surveys using LimeSurvey.
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