Installing LimeSurvey on OpenSUSE Latest

LimeSurvey is a popular open-source survey tool used for creating online surveys, quizzes, and questionnaires. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install LimeSurvey on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• OpenSUSE Latest installed on your system
• LAMP stack ( Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) installed
• An active internet connection

Step 1: Download LimeSurvey

You can download LimeSurvey from the official website at https://www.limesurvey.org. Click on the "Download LimeSurvey" button on the homepage, and select "Stable" version if available. Save the downloaded file in your home directory.

Step 2: Install LimeSurvey on OpenSUSE Latest

Once the LimeSurvey file has been downloaded, you can install it by following these steps:

1. Open the Terminal application on your OpenSUSE Latest system. You can do this by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or searching for it in the applications launcher.

2. Navigate to the directory where you have saved the LimeSurvey file by using the cd command. For example, if you have saved the file in your home directory, you can use the following command:

   cd ~
   

3. Extract the downloaded LimeSurvey archive by using the following command:

   tar -xvf LimeSurvey_X.X.X+XXXXXXX.tar.gz
   

   Replace X.X.X+XXXXXXX with the version number you have downloaded.

4. Move the extracted LimeSurvey files to the document root directory of Apache by using the following command:

   sudo mv LimeSurvey_X.X.X+XXXXXXX /srv/www/htdocs/limesurvey
   

5. Change the ownership of the LimeSurvey directory to the Apache user (wwwrun) and group (www) by using the following command:

   sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/limesurvey
   

6. Set the appropriate permissions to the LimeSurvey directory by using the following command:

   sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/www/htdocs/limesurvey/tmp
   

7. Create a new database and user for LimeSurvey. You can use the MySQL command-line client for this. Login to the MySQL server with the root user by using the following command:

   sudo mysql -u root -p
   

   Enter the root user password when prompted.

8. Create a new database for LimeSurvey by using the following command:

   CREATE DATABASE limesurveydb;
   

   Replace limesurveydb with the name of the database you want to create.

9. Create a new user for LimeSurvey by using the following command:

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

   Replace limesurveyuser and password with the username and password you want to use.

10. Assign the appropriate privileges to the LimeSurvey user for the LimeSurvey database by using the following command:

    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON limesurveydb.* TO 'limesurveyuser'@'localhost';
    

    These commands create a new database and user with the necessary privileges to access the LimeSurvey database.

11. Exit the MySQL prompt by typing exit.

12. Restart Apache web server for the changes to take effect by using the following command:

    sudo systemctl restart apache2
    

Now you can access the LimeSurvey installation by using a web browser. Open a web browser and type the following URL:

http://localhost/limesurvey/

You will see the LimeSurvey welcome page, and you can continue with the installation process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed LimeSurvey on OpenSUSE Latest.

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