How to Install qpixel on NetBSD

qpixel is a web application for creating and sharing pixel art, developed by Codidact. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to install qpixel on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, ensure that your NetBSD system meets the following requirements:

• A running installation of NetBSD
• A web server (e.g. Apache, Nginx)
• PHP 7.0 or higher with the following extensions: pdo, pdo_mysql, gd, mbstring
• MySQL database

Installation

1. First, download the latest release of qpixel from the Codidact website: https://codidact.com/projects/qpixel/releases

2. Extract the downloaded package to your web server directory. For example, if your Apache web root directory is /var/www/htdocs, you can extract the package to /var/www/htdocs/qpixel.

3. Change the ownership of the qpixel directory to the user that your web server runs as. For example, if your web server runs as user www, you can change the ownership with the following command:

   chown -R www:www /var/www/htdocs/qpixel
   

4. Import the qpixel database schema into your MySQL database. You can find the database schema in the schema.sql file in the sql directory of the qpixel package.

   mysql -u <username> -p <database> < /var/www/htdocs/qpixel/sql/schema.sql
   

5. Configure the qpixel application by copying the config.default.php file to config.php:

   cp /var/www/htdocs/qpixel/config.default.php /var/www/htdocs/qpixel/config.php
   

6. Edit the config.php file and fill in the following configuration details:

   • mysql_user: The MySQL user with access to the qpixel database
   • mysql_password: The password for the MySQL user
   • mysql_database: The name of the MySQL database
   • domain: The domain name of your server (e.g. example.com)
   • path: The path to the qpixel installation relative to the website root (e.g. /qpixel/)

7. Create a virtual host configuration in your web server to point to the qpixel directory. For example, if you are using Apache, create a file /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/extra/httpd-qpixel.conf with the following content:

   <VirtualHost *:80>
       DocumentRoot "/var/www/htdocs/qpixel"
       ServerName your.domain.com
       ServerAlias www.your.domain.com
       <Directory "/var/www/htdocs/qpixel">
           AllowOverride All
           Require all granted
       </Directory>
   </VirtualHost>
   

   Be sure to replace your.domain.com with your actual domain name.

8. Restart your web server for the changes to take effect:

   /etc/rc.d/apachectl restart
   

Congratulations, you have successfully installed qpixel on NetBSD! You can now access the qpixel application by visiting http://your.domain.com/qpixel in your web browser.

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