Hubzilla is a free and open-source social network platform that allows users to create and manage their own private or public social network communities. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Hubzilla on Manjaro.
Before we proceed to the installation, we need to make sure that our system has the following prerequisites:
Here are the steps to install Hubzilla on Manjaro:
Open a terminal window on your Manjaro system.
Navigate to the document root directory of your web server. For example, if you are using Apache web server, the default document root is /srv/http.
Clone the Hubzilla repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core.git
Rename the cloned directory to hubzilla and move it to the document root directory of your web server using the following commands:
mv core hubzilla
sudo mv hubzilla /srv/http/
Change the ownership of the hubzilla directory to the Apache user and group using the following command:
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/hubzilla
Copy the sample configuration file to create the configuration file for Hubzilla using the following command:
cp /srv/http/hubzilla/.htconfig.php.sample /srv/http/hubzilla/.htconfig.php
Open the /.htconfig.php file in a text editor and modify the following parameters:
$db_host = 'localhost';
$db_name = 'hubzilla_db';
$db_user = 'hubzilla_user';
$db_pass = 'hubzilla_pass';
$baseurl = 'https://example.com'; // replace example.com with your domain name
Create a new MySQL database and user for Hubzilla using the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE hubzilla_db CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
CREATE USER 'hubzilla_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'hubzilla_pass';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON hubzilla_db.* TO 'hubzilla_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Restart the Apache web server using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Open a web browser and navigate to the https://example.com/install URL. Replace example.com with your domain name.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Hubzilla on Manjaro. You can now log in to the Hubzilla administrator panel using the credentials you created during the installation process and start customizing your social network community.
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