BicBucStriim is a web-based digital bookshelf which allows users to manage, store and read e-books online. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install and configure BicBucStriim on OpenSUSE latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
The first step is to install the required dependencies for BicBucStriim. Run the following command to install them using the default package manager zypper.
sudo zypper install apache2 mariadb mariadb-client php7 php7-gd php7-mbstring php7-mysqlnd php7-xml php7-zip unzip wget
During the installation, you will be prompted to enter the root password for MySQL. Enter the password and continue the installation.
Next, we need to download the latest version of BicBucStriim from the project's website. Visit the following link to download the tarball for the latest version:
wget https://projekte.textmulch.de/bicbucstriim/bicbucstriim-VERSION.tar.gz
Replace VERSION with the latest version of BicBucStriim, which is 2.2.3 as of writing this tutorial.
Once the file is downloaded, extract it using the following command:
tar -xvzf bicbucstriim-VERSION.tar.gz
This will create a directory named bicbucstriim-VERSION.
The next step is to copy the contents of the bicbucstriim-VERSION directory to the Apache web root directory.
sudo cp -R bicbucstriim-VERSION/* /srv/www/htdocs/
This command will copy all the files and directories into the Apache web root directory.
Now we need to configure the Apache web server to serve BicBucStriim's files.
Create a new file called bicbucstriim.conf in the Apache configuration directory.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/bicbucstriim.conf
Add the following lines to the file and save it.
Alias /bicbucstriim /srv/www/htdocs
<Directory /srv/www/htdocs>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
This configuration will create an alias for BicBucStriim and allow access to the files in the directory.
Create a new database in MySQL for BicBucStriim's data.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password and then run the following commands to create a new database and user.
CREATE DATABASE bicbucstriim;
CREATE USER 'bicbucstriim-user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bicbucstriim.* TO 'bicbucstriim-user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace yourpassword with a strong password that you will remember.
Now we need to configure BicBucStriim to use the MySQL database we just created.
Rename the file config-sample.php to config.php.
sudo mv /srv/www/htdocs/config-sample.php /srv/www/htdocs/config.php
Edit the config.php file.
sudo nano /srv/www/htdocs/config.php
Find the following lines:
# Database settings
# Adjust to your needs
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'bicbucstriim');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'bicbucstriim');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
Replace DB_USERNAME and DB_PASSWORD with the database user and password that you created earlier.
We need to start the Apache web server to get BicBucStriim running. Run the following command to start Apache:
sudo systemctl start apache2
Now you can access BicBucStriim through your web browser by visiting http://localhost/bicbucstriim or using the IP address of your server.
BicBucStriim is now installed and configured on your OpenSUSE latest system. You can now use it to manage, store and read e-books online. Enjoy!
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