GNU social is a social network platform that is free and open source. In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing GNU social on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before installing GNU social on OpenSUSE Latest, it is important to update the system. Open the terminal and issue the following commands:
sudo zypper update
This command will update the system and all packages to the latest version.
To install GNU social on OpenSUSE Latest, we need to install some required dependencies. Open the terminal and issue the following command:
sudo zypper install php php-mysqlnd php-xmlwriter php-gd php-zip mysql mysql-client nginx
This command will install PHP, MySQL, and Nginx, which are required to run GNU social.
Now we will download the latest version of GNU social. Open the terminal and issue the following command:
wget https://www.gnu.org/software/social/social-1.2.0.tar.gz
This command will download the GNU social package in the tar.gz format.
After downloading the GNU social package, we need to extract it. Open the terminal and issue the following command:
tar -xvzf social-1.2.0.tar.gz
This command will extract the GNU social package.
Now we will configure the Nginx server block for GNU social. Open the terminal and issue the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/social
This command will open the Nginx configuration file for GNU social. Replace the content of the file with the following:
server {
listen 80;
server_name YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME;
root /var/www/social;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
}
}
Replace YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME with your actual domain name.
After creating the Nginx server block for GNU social, we need to create a symbolic link. Open the terminal and issue the following command:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/social /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
This command will create a symbolic link for the Nginx server block.
Now we will create a database for GNU social. Open the terminal and issue the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root
CREATE DATABASE gnusocial;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON gnusocial.* TO ‘gnusocialuser’@‘localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘YOUR_PASSWORD’;
Replace YOUR_PASSWORD with your actual password.
After creating the database, we need to configure GNU social. Open the terminal and navigate to the GNU social directory:
cd social-1.2.0
Copy the configuration file:
cp config.php.example config.php
Edit the configuration file:
nano config.php
Modify the database settings:
// Database configuration
$config['db']['database'] = 'gnusocial';
$config['db']['user'] = 'gnusocialuser';
$config['db']['password'] = 'YOUR_PASSWORD';
After configuring GNU social, we need to move it to the web root directory. Open the terminal and issue the following command:
sudo mv /path/to/social-1.2.0 /var/www/social
Replace /path/to/ with the actual path to the GNU social directory.
After moving GNU social to the web root directory, we need to restart Nginx and PHP-FPM. Open the terminal and issue the following commands:
sudo service nginx restart
sudo service php-fpm restart
GNU social is now installed and configured on OpenSUSE Latest. You can access it by navigating to http://YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we went through the process of installing GNU social on OpenSUSE Latest. By following these steps, you should now have a functioning social network platform that is free and open source.
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