How to Install LinkAce on OpenSUSE Latest

LinkAce is a self-hosted bookmark manager designed to help you organize, manage and share your bookmarks easily. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of LinkAce on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, you need the following:

• A server or VPS with OpenSUSE Latest.
• SSH access to your server.

Step 1: Update Packages

Before installing any new packages or software, we recommend you to update your system packages to get the latest security patches and bug fixes.

Run the following command to update your system packages:

sudo zypper update

Step 2: Install Required Packages

LinkAce requires the following packages to be installed:

• Apache or NGINX web server
• PHP 7.3+ with necessary extensions
• MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL database server

To install these packages, run the following command:

sudo zypper install apache2 mysql mariadb php7 php7-mysql php7-pdo php7-mbstring php7-tokenizer php7-xml php7-gd php7-curl php7-zip

Step 3: Download LinkAce

Download the latest version of LinkAce from the official website. You can use the following command to download the LinkAce archive:

wget https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/releases/download/1.6.0/linkace-v1.6.0.zip

Then, extract the archive using the following command:

unzip linkace-v1.6.0.zip

Step 4: Configure Apache

LinkAce requires a virtual host to be set up on your webserver. We will use Apache as our web server in this tutorial.

Run the following command to create a new Apache virtual host for LinkAce:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/linkace.conf

Paste the following configuration in the file (Replace example.com with your domain name):

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName example.com
  ServerAlias www.example.com
  DocumentRoot /var/www/linkace/public
  <Directory /var/www/linkace/public>
    AllowOverride All
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Enable the newly created virtual host by running the following command:

sudo a2ensite linkace.conf

Then, restart Apache to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 5: Configure Database

Next, we need to create a new database for LinkAce. You can use either MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL as your database server.

Login to your database server using the following command:

mysql -u root -p

Then, create a new database for LinkAce using the following command:

CREATE DATABASE linkace_dev;

Next, create a new user and grant necessary privileges to access the LinkAce database:

CREATE USER 'linkace_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON linkace_dev.* TO 'linkace_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Note: Replace "password" with your strong password.

Step 6: Configure LinkAce

Copy the .env.example to .env in the root folder of the extracted LinkAce archive.

cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file and update the following configuration:

APP_URL=http://example.com
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=linkace_dev
DB_USERNAME=linkace_user
DB_PASSWORD=password

Step 7: Install Dependencies

Next, install the dependencies using the following commands:

composer install
php artisan key:generate
php artisan migrate --seed

Step 8: Start LinkAce

Finally, start the LinkAce server using the following command:

php artisan serve --host 0.0.0.0

You can now access the LinkAce dashboard by visiting "http://example.com:8000" in your web browser.

Conclusion

We have successfully installed and configured LinkAce on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now start organizing and managing your bookmarks with ease.

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