Meetable is a web-based application for planning and managing events. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Meetable on your Manjaro-powered computer.
Before proceeding with the installation, you need to have the following prerequisites:
Firstly, you need to download Meetable from the official website. You can use the following command to download the latest version of Meetable:
wget https://github.com/indieweb/meetup-archive/releases/download/0.1.6/meetable-0.1.6.tar.gz
Alternatively, you can download the latest release by visiting the following link: https://github.com/indieweb/meetup-archive/releases/
After downloading Meetable, you need to extract the compressed archive file. You can use the following command to extract the Meetable archive:
tar -xzvf meetable-0.1.6.tar.gz
This will create a new directory meetable-0.1.6 in your current working directory.
Next, you need to configure a MySQL database for Meetable. You can use the following command to create a new database:
mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted and then create a new database by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE meetable;
Next, create a new user and grant privileges to the newly created database. You can use the following command:
CREATE USER 'meetableuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON meetable.* TO 'meetableuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Remember to change 'password' to a secure password of your choice.
After creating a MySQL database, you need to configure Meetable. You can do so by editing the config.php file located in the meetable-0.1.6 directory:
cd meetable-0.1.6/
nano config.php
Edit the database settings as follows:
$db_options = array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'meetable',
'username' => 'meetableuser',
'password' => 'password',
'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
);
Remember to change 'password' to the password you set for the MySQL user.
Now you need to configure your web server to serve the Meetable application. You can do so by creating a new virtual host block in your web server configuration. Here, we will provide instructions for configuring Apache.
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin your-email@example.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/meetable-0.1.6
ServerName your-domain.com
<Directory "/path/to/meetable-0.1.6">
Require all granted
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Remember to replace your-email@example.com, your-domain.com, and /path/to/meetable-0.1.6 with your own values.
After creating the virtual host block, you need to restart your web server to apply the changes. You can use the following command to restart Apache:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Alternatively, if you are using Nginx, you can use the following command to restart it:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
After completing the above steps, you can access Meetable by opening your web browser and navigating to the domain name or IP address of your server. For example, http://your-domain.com/ or http://your-server-ip/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Meetable on your Manjaro-powered computer. You can now create and manage events using Meetable.
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