Dotclear is a free open-source blogging application that allows you to create and manage your own blog easily. This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on how to install Dotclear on Manjaro.
Before starting, ensure that you have the following:
Dotclear requires a web server to run. In this tutorial, we will be using the Apache web server. To install it, open your terminal and type in the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache
Dotclear is built using PHP, so you need to install it on your system. To install PHP, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache
Download the latest version of Dotclear from the official website. You can either use the GUI or the command line to download it. To download it using the command line, run the following command:
wget https://download.dotclear.org/latest.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file to the /var/www/localhost/htdocs directory using the following command:
sudo tar -xzf latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/localhost/htdocs
You need to configure Apache to serve Dotclear on your web server. To do this, create a new virtual host configuration file for your domain using your text editor.
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-dotclear.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
Alias /dotclear /var/www/localhost/htdocs/dotclear
<Directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs/dotclear>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and close the file.
To enable the newly created virtual host, create a symbolic link to your newly created virtual host inside the /etc/httpd/conf/sites-enabled directory using the following command:
sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-dotclear.conf /etc/httpd/conf/sites-enabled/
Restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service
To configure Dotclear, navigate to the Dotclear directory which is located in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/dotclear and run the configuration script using the following command:
cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/dotclear
sudo php index.php install
This will start the installation process of Dotclear. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the configuration process.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Dotclear on Manjaro. Once the installation is complete, you can access your blog by navigating to http://localhost/dotclear in your web browser.
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