In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Retrospring on MXLinux Latest. Retrospring is an open-source microblogging platform that runs on PHP and MySQL. It is suitable for individuals, groups, and organizations to communicate and collaborate with each other.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:
To get started, you need to install some required packages that Retrospring depends on. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git zip unzip apache2 php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php mariadb-server
Retrospring is an open-source project that is available on Github. Therefore, you need to clone the Retrospring repository to your local system. Run the following command to clone the repository:
sudo git clone https://github.com/retrospring/retrospring.git /var/www/html/retrospring
In this step, we will configure the Apache server to make the Retrospring installation accessible via a web browser. Open the Apache default configuration file using the nano editor:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Add the following lines to the end of the <VirtualHost *:80> section:
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/retrospring/web
ServerName retrospring.local
<Directory /var/www/html/retrospring/web>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and close the file.
Retrospring requires a MySQL database to store its data. Therefore, we will create a new MySQL database and user for Retrospring:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE retrospring;
CREATE USER 'retrospringuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON retrospring.* TO 'retrospringuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Note: Replace 'password' with a strong password.
In this step, we will configure the database connection in the Retrospring configuration file. Run the following command to copy the sample configuration file:
cd /var/www/html/retrospring
cp .env.dist .env
Open the .env file using nano editor and update the following lines according to your database configuration:
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_NAME=retrospring
DB_USER=retrospringuser
DB_PASSWORD=password
Save and close the file.
Retrospring uses Composer to manage its dependencies. Therefore, you need to install Composer on your system. Run the following commands:
cd /var/www/html/retrospring
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar install
In this step, we will update the file permissions to make them writable for Apache. Run the following commands:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/retrospring
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/retrospring/var
Finally, restart the Apache server to make the Retrospring installation accessible via the web browser:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your preferred web browser and navigate to http://retrospring.local. You will see the Retrospring installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Retrospring on MXLinux Latest.
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