MeTube is a free and open-source video sharing and streaming platform similar to YouTube. It is powered by PHP, MySQL, and jQuery, and it provides a user-friendly interface for video sharing, browsing, and viewing. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install MeTube on MXLinux latest version.
Before starting with the installation of MeTube, you must have the following prerequisites:
Git is a distributed version control system that allows you to manage and track changes of your codebase. To install Git on MXLinux, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install git -y
Once the installation is complete, verify that Git is installed by running the following command:
git --version
To clone the MeTube repository from GitHub, use the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/alexta69/metube.git /var/www/html/metube
This will clone the MeTube repository under the /var/www/html/metube directory.
Before we proceed with the installation, we need to create a new MySQL database and user for MeTube. Log in to your MySQL server using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted. Once you are logged in to MySQL, create a new database and user for MeTube using the following commands:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE metube;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON metube.* TO 'metubeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
In the above commands, replace password with your desired strong password.
MeTube requires certain PHP extensions to function correctly. To install the required PHP extensions, run the following commands:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install php7.4 php7.4-mbstring php7.4-mysqli php7.4-xml -y
This will install PHP version 7.4 and the required PHP modules.
We need to make some configuration changes to the PHP settings for MeTube. Open the php.ini file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini
Search for the following lines in the php.ini file and uncomment them:
max_execution_time = 300
max_input_time = 600
memory_limit = 256M
post_max_size = 128M
upload_max_filesize = 128M
Once you have made the changes, save and close the file.
MeTube can be installed using Nginx, Apache, or LiteSpeed web server. In this tutorial, we will use Nginx as our preferred web server. If you do not have Nginx installed on your system, you can install it using the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nginx -y
Once Nginx is installed, create a new virtual host file for MeTube using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/metube.conf
Add the following content to the metube.conf file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain.com; # Replace with your domain name or IP address
root /var/www/html/metube;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Save and close the metube.conf file.
Next, create a symbolic link for the virtual host file in the sites-enabled directory using the following command:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/metube.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Verify the syntax of the Nginx configuration file using the following command:
sudo nginx -t
If the syntax is valid, reload the Nginx service using the following command:
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Open your web browser and visit your MeTube website URL. You will be redirected to the MeTube installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to install MeTube. When prompted for the database credentials, enter the following details:
password (the one you set earlier)After the installation is complete, remove the install folder using the following command:
sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/metube/install/
In this tutorial, we have explained how to install MeTube on MXLinux latest version. MeTube is a powerful and user-friendly video sharing and streaming platform that can be easily installed on any Linux system. With MeTube, you can create your own video sharing and streaming platform and share your content with the world.
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