Webtrees is an open-source genealogy software that allows users to create, manage, and share their family trees online. In this guide, we will look at how to install webtrees on Manjaro Linux operating system.
Before installing webtrees on Manjaro, make sure to have the following requirements:
Apache server software is required to run webtrees on your Manjaro machine. If Apache is not already installed, you can install it by running the following command on your Manjaro terminal:
sudo pacman -S apache
Once the installation process is complete, start the Apache server by running the command:
sudo systemctl start httpd
Webtrees is written in PHP, so you need to install PHP on your Manjaro machine. You can install PHP by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S php
Once the installation is complete, restart the Apache server for it to recognize the newly installed PHP module by running the command:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Next, we need to download and extract the webtrees software to our Manjaro machine. To do so, follow the steps below:
Navigate to the webtrees website at https://www.webtrees.net/download.
Download the latest release of the software by clicking on the "Download webtrees" button.
Extract the downloaded archive to your web server directory by running the following command:
sudo tar -zxvf webtrees-X.X.X.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
Where X.X.X represents the version number of the webtrees software.
Now, we need to set permissions on some of the webtrees directories to allow Apache to write to files. To do this, navigate to the web server directory and run the following commands:
sudo chown -R http:http /var/www/html/webtrees/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/webtrees/data/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/webtrees/media/
Webtrees requires a database to store data. We will use MariaDB to create a database for webtrees. Run the following command to install MariaDB on your Manjaro machine:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
Once installed, start MariaDB and enable it to start at boot time using the following commands:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Then, secure your MariaDB installation by running the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
You will be prompted to set a root password, remove anonymous users, and other security-related settings.
Next, create a database and a user for webtrees on MariaDB by logging into the MariaDB command prompt with:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Once logged in, create a database and a user for webtrees, and grant the user all privileges on the database by running the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE webtrees_db;
CREATE USER 'webtrees_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON webtrees_db.* TO 'webtrees_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password_here';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace password_here with a strong password.
The final step is to run the web-based installation script that will allow us to configure webtrees on our Manjaro machine.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/webtrees.
Follow the on-screen instructions and enter the database details, administrator account information, and website settings.
Once completed, you will be redirected to the webtrees dashboard, and you can start adding family tree data.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed webtrees on your Manjaro machine.
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