Hubzilla is a powerful open-source social networking platform that provides great features for decentralized communication, publishing, and sharing of contents, including blogs, photos, and videos. This tutorial discusses how to install Hubzilla on POP! OS Latest in detail.
Before beginning the installation process, make sure to have the following prerequisites:
Note: It is recommended to update and upgrade the system packages and kernels to the latest version before proceeding with the installation.
Hubzilla required some packages to run, so you need to install them to get started.
To install the required packages, run the following commands on your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-client mariadb-server libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev php php-curl php-gd php-xml php-zip
Once done, start the Apache server on your system.
sudo systemctl start apache2
Hubzilla can be installed directly from its official website. You can download the latest version of Hubzilla by running the following command:
wget https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core/-/archive/master/core-master.zip
Unzip the downloaded repository with the following command:
unzip core-master.zip
The above command will create a new directory named "core-master".
Copy the contents of this directory to your Apache server's website directory with the following command:
sudo cp -r core-master/* /var/www/html/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
Hubzilla uses a MySQL database to store all its data. Therefore, you should create a new MySQL database for Hubzilla.
Log in to your MySQL server by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL server's root password as prompted and press Enter to log in to the MySQL server.
Now, create a new database by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE hubzilla_db;
Once done, create a new user account and grant all privileges for this database to this new user account with the following commands:
CREATE USER 'hubzilla_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on hubzilla_db.* TO 'hubzilla_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Note: Replace "YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE" with a strong password of your choice.
To install the Hubzilla database, navigate to the installation directory with the following command:
cd /var/www/html/
Execute the following command, which creates the initial Hubzilla database structure:
sudo php Zotlabs/Web/Webinfo.php
Once the initial database structure is created, you can now run the following command to install Hubzilla:
sudo php Zotlabs/Install/install.php
This command installs the required database tables, generates new keys, and installs all the required files for Hubzilla.
After you have completed the installation process, it's time to configure your Hubzilla installation.
To do this, open your web browser and navigate to your server IP address or hostname. You will see the Hubzilla welcome page. Click on "Install" and follow the on-screen instructions to configure your Hubzilla installation.
That's all! You have successfully installed and configured Hubzilla on your POP! OS. Enjoy using Hubzilla and explore its exciting features!
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