How to Install Group Office on OpenSUSE Latest

This tutorial will guide you on how to install Group Office on OpenSUSE Latest.

Requirements

• OpenSUSE Latest installed
• User account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Installing Dependencies

Group Office requires some dependencies to be installed. Run the following command on the terminal to install them.

sudo zypper install mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-tools apache2 apache2-mod_php7 php7 php7-dom php7-gd php7-json php7-mbstring php7-mysql php7-zip php7-curl php7-ldap php7-pear php7-devel php7-openssl php7-phar

Step 2: Installing Group Office

• Download the latest version of Group Office from their official website: https://www.group-office.com/download

• Extract the downloaded package to /var/www/html directory. You can do this by running the following command:

  sudo unzip groupoffice.*.zip -d /var/www/html

• Rename the extracted folder to groupoffice.

  sudo mv /var/www/html/groupoffice.* /var/www/html/groupoffice

• Change the ownership of the groupoffice folder to the Apache user.

  sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /var/www/html/groupoffice

Step 3: Configuring Apache

• Create a new Virtual Host for Group Office.

  sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/groupoffice.conf

• Add the following lines to the file.

  <VirtualHost *:80>
      DocumentRoot /var/www/html/groupoffice
      ServerName localhost
  </VirtualHost>
  

• Save and close the file.

• Enable the newly created Virtual Host by running the following command:

  sudo a2ensite groupoffice

• Restart Apache for the changes to take effect.

  sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 4: Setting up Permissions

• Create a new database for Group Office.

  mysql -u root -p

  CREATE DATABASE groupoffice;

• Create a new user with a password.

  CREATE USER 'groupofficeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

  Replace password with your own strong password.

• Grant all privileges to the new user on the database.

  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON groupoffice.* TO 'groupofficeuser'@'localhost';

• Flush the privileges.

  FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

• Change the ownership and permissions of the groupoffice folder.

  sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /var/www/html/groupoffice
  sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/groupoffice/files
  

Step 5: Installing Group Office

• Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/install.

• Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

• Once the installation is complete, delete the install directory.

  sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/groupoffice/install

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Group Office on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now manage your organization's tasks, events, and contacts using Group Office.

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