How to Install PHPBack on Manjaro

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing PHPBack on your Manjaro Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

To install PHPBack on your Manjaro system, ensure that you meet the following requirements:

• Manjaro operating system installed on your PC
• Apache web server installed and running on your system
• PHP version 7.3 or higher installed on your system
• MySQL or MariaDB database server installed on your system

Step 1: Download PHPBack

The first step is to download PHPBack on your Manjaro system. You can download the latest version of PHPBack from its official website at https://www.phpback.org.

Step 2: Extract PHPBack

After downloading PHPBack, extract the downloaded zip file to the document root of your web server by running the following command in your terminal:

$ sudo unzip phpback*.zip -d /var/www/html/

This command will extract the PHPBack files to the /var/www/html directory.

Step 3: Configure MySQL/MariaDB

Next, you need to create a MySQL/MariaDB database for PHPBack. Log in to your MySQL/MariaDB server by running the following command:

$ sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL/MariaDB root password when prompted, then create a new database for PHPBack by running the following command:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE phpback;

After that, create a new user account and grant it full privileges to the database by running the following commands:

mysql> CREATE USER 'phpback_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mypassword';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpback.* TO 'phpback_user'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> \q

Step 4: Configure PHPBack

Next, you need to configure PHPBack to connect to the MySQL/MariaDB database you created earlier. To do this, open the config.php file in the PHPBack directory using a text editor:

$ sudo nano /var/www/html/config.php

Replace the following two lines with your MySQL/MariaDB database configuration details like below:

$db["host"] = "localhost";
$db["user"] = "phpback_user";
$db["pass"] = "mypassword";
$db["name"] = "phpback";

Step 5: Set Permissions

Now you need to set the correct file and directory permissions for PHPBack. To do this, run the following command:

$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/phpback

Step 6: Access PHPBack

Finally, you can now access PHPBack in your web browser by navigating to http://localhost/phpback/.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install PHPBack on Manjaro. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you will now have a fully functional installation of PHPBack on your Manjaro system.

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