In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing ownCloud on MXLinux Latest, which is a free and open-source cloud storage application for creating your own cloud-based file sharing and collaboration platform.
Before we begin the installation process, you will need:
To install ownCloud, we need to install some required packages. Open the terminal and run the following commands to update the system and install necessary packages.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-gd php7.4-json php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-intl php7.4-mcrypt php-imagick php7.4-xml php7.4-zip
ownCloud is not included in the MXLinux package repositories, so we need to download it from the official website. Go to the ownCloud website https://owncloud.org/download/ and download the latest version of ownCloud.
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded archive file to the Apache document root directory.
sudo tar -zxvf owncloud-x.y.z.tar.bz2 -C /var/www/html/
To set appropriate permissions for the ownCloud directory, run the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/owncloud/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/owncloud/
In this step, we will configure the database for ownCloud. Run the following command to login to the MySQL shell using sudo privileges.
sudo mysql -u root
Once you are logged in, create a new database for ownCloud using the following command.
CREATE DATABASE ownclouddb;
Next, create a new user and grant all privileges to the new user for the ownCloud database.
CREATE USER 'ownclouduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ownclouddb.* TO 'ownclouduser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Open the Apache default virtual host configuration file using the following command.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Add the following lines to the configuration file just before the closing tag.
Alias /owncloud "/var/www/html/owncloud/"
<Directory /var/www/html/owncloud>
Options +FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_dav.c>
Dav off
</IfModule>
SetEnv HOME /var/www/html/owncloud
SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/html/owncloud
</Directory>
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the required Apache modules.
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo a2enmod env
sudo a2enmod dir
sudo a2enmod mime
sudo a2enmod setenvif
Finally, restart the Apache web server to apply the changes.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your favorite web browser and navigate to your server IP address or domain name followed by /owncloud.
http://your-ip-address/owncloud
You will be redirected to the ownCloud setup page. Follow the instructions to complete the setup process.
After the setup is complete, you will be redirected to the ownCloud dashboard, where you can start uploading and sharing files.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed ownCloud on MXLinux Latest.
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