How to Install MyBB on MX Linux Latest

MyBB is a free and open-source forum software used by thousands of people globally. In this tutorial, we will take you through the entire process of installing MyBB on MX Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, make sure you have the following:

• A computer running MX Linux Latest.
• A user account with sudo privileges.
• A web server installed and running on your system. We suggest you use nginx as your web server, but Apache or any other web server will work fine too.
• A MySQL or MariaDB server installed on your system.

Step 1: Downloading MyBB

The first step in installing MyBB on your system is to download the latest version of MyBB from the official website. To download it, run the following command in the terminal:

$ wget https://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb_1820.zip

Make sure to replace mybb_1820.zip with the latest version available.

Step 2: Installing Dependencies

Before we proceed to install MyBB, we need to install some dependencies. Run the following command in your terminal:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install php php-mysql php-gd php-curl php-xml php-mbstring unzip

Step 3: Installing MyBB

Once you have downloaded MyBB and installed the necessary dependencies, it's time to install MyBB. Firstly, open the terminal and navigate to the directory where you downloaded MyBB. Run the following command to extract MyBB files:

$ unzip mybb_1820.zip -d mybb

Next, move the extracted files to your Nginx web server document root directory (/var/www/html) in the following way:

$ sudo mv mybb /var/www/html/

Now we need to set permissions so that Nginx can access the files:

$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mybb

Step 4: Configuring the Database

MyBB stores its data in a database, so we need to create a new database and user that will be used by MyBB. To do so, log in to MySQL using the following command:

$ sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database and user by running the following SQL commands:

CREATE DATABASE mybbdb;
CREATE USER 'mybbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mybbdb.* TO 'mybbuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Make sure to replace mybbdb, mybbuser, and password with your preferred database, username, and password.

Step 5: Setting up MyBB

Now that we have set up the database, we need to configure MyBB to use it. Open your browser and go to http://localhost/mybb/ or the IP address of your server if you are accessing the server remotely.

You should see the MyBB installer page. Follow the on-screen instructions to install MyBB. You will need to enter the following database details:

• Database Server Hostname/DSN: localhost
• Database Username: The MySQL user you created earlier (mybbuser)
• Database Password: The password for the MySQL user you created earlier
• Database Name: The name of the MySQL database you created earlier (mybbdb)

After entering these details, click on the Proceed to Next Step button and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

Step 6: Configuring Nginx

By default, Nginx does not have the necessary configuration to serve PHP files. To fix this, create a new server block configuration file for MyBB in /etc/nginx/sites-available/ directory.

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/mybb.conf

Then, paste the following configuration into the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    root /var/www/html/mybb;
    index index.php;

    server_name your.domain.com; # Change this line

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
    }
}

Make sure to replace your.domain.com with your domain name or server IP address.

Save and close the file. Then, create a symbolic link to enable the new configuration file:

$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/mybb.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Next, test your Nginx configuration and restart Nginx:

$ sudo nginx -t
$ sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 7: Accessing MyBB Forum

Finally, open your web browser and navigate to the address where you installed MyBB forum. If you used the default localhost, then open localhost/mybb on your web browser, and you should see your MyBB forum.

Conclusion

That’s it! You have successfully installed MyBB on your MX Linux Latest machine. Now you can use MyBB to build a community forum of your own.

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