Movim is a decentralized open-source social platform that allows you to chat, share files, and much more. Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to install Movim on OpenSUSE latest.
Before you start, you need to make sure that your OpenSUSE system is up-to-date. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo zypper update
Movim requires some dependencies to be installed on your system. You can install these dependencies by running the following command:
sudo zypper install git php7 php7-ctype php7-dom php7-iconv php7-json php7-openssl php7-pcntl php7-pdo php7-pdo_mysql php7-session php7-simplexml php7-tokenizer php7-xmlreader php7-xmlwriter php7-zip
Next, you need to clone the Movim repository from Github. You can do this by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/movim/movim.git
Movim uses a MySQL database to store its data. You need to create a new MySQL database and user for Movim. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo zypper install mysql mysql-client mysql-devel
sudo mysql_secure_installation
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE movim_db;
CREATE USER 'movim_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `movim_db`.* TO 'movim_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Next, you need to configure Movim by copying the sample config file and updating the values. You can do this by running the following commands:
cd movim
cp config/config.sample.php config/config.php
nano config/config.php
In the config file, update the following values with the MySQL database details:
$GLOBALS['config'] = [
'database' => [
'dsn' => 'mysql:dbname=movim_db;host=localhost;charset=utf8',
'username' => 'movim_user',
'password' => 'password'
],
// ...
];
Movim uses Composer to manage its dependencies. You need to install Composer and run the update command to install the dependencies. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo zypper install composer
composer update
Create the required directories that Movim needs. You can do this by running the following command:
mkdir -p db/files db/logs db/private db/templates_c cache
Set the correct file permissions for the Movim directories. You can do this by running the following commands:
chown -R wwwrun:www ./cache ./db ./log
chmod -R 770 ./cache ./db ./log
Finally, start the PHP server to run Movim. You can do this by running the following command:
php -S localhost:8080 index.php
You can now access Movim by going to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Movim on OpenSUSE latest. Movim is a great open-source social platform that allows you to chat, share files, and much more.
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