ILIAS is a powerful and flexible learning management system that can be used to manage online courses and e-learning content. POP! OS is a popular Linux distribution that is based on Ubuntu and designed for speed, simplicity, and security. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ILIAS on POP! OS Latest.
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:
ILIAS requires a web server, a database server, and PHP to run. In this step, we will install Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or search for Terminal in the Activities menu.
Update the package list and install the required packages by running the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
During the installation, you will be prompted to set a password for the MySQL root user. Choose a strong password and remember it for later.
Verify that the Apache web server is running by opening a web browser and entering http://localhost in the address bar. You should see the Apache default page if the installation was successful.
Go to the official ILIAS website at https://www.ilias.de and click on the Downloads link.
Click on the Download ILIAS link under the Latest stable release section.
Save the compressed file to your computer and extract it to the /var/www/html directory by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo tar -xvf ilias-X.X.X.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
Replace X.X.X with the version number of ILIAS that you downloaded.
Rename the extracted directory to ilias and change its ownership to the Apache user by running the following commands:
sudo mv /var/www/html/ilias-X.X.X /var/www/html/ilias
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/ilias/
Log in to MySQL using the root user and the password that you set earlier by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
At the MySQL prompt, create a new database for ILIAS and a dedicated user with full privileges on the database by running the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE ilias_db;
CREATE USER 'ilias_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ilias_password';
GRANT ALL ON ilias_db.* TO 'ilias_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace ilias_db, ilias_user, and ilias_password with your preferred names and passwords.
Exit MySQL by running the following command:
exit;
Install some additional PHP modules that are required by ILIAS by running the following command:
sudo apt install php-ldap php-xmlrpc php-imap php-mbstring
Open a web browser and enter the following URL in the address bar:
http://localhost/ilias/setup/setup.php
You should see the ILIAS setup page.
Follow the instructions on the page to configure ILIAS. When prompted for the database settings, enter the following:
Database type: MySQL or MariaDB
Database host: localhost
Database name: ilias_db
Database user: ilias_user
Database password: ilias_password
Replace ilias_db, ilias_user, and ilias_password with the values that you set in Step 3.
After the setup is complete, remove the setup directory for security reasons by running the following command:
sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/ilias/setup
Open a web browser and enter the following URL in the address bar:
http://localhost/ilias/
You should see the ILIAS login page.
Log in with the default administrator credentials:
Username: root
Password: password
You should see the ILIAS dashboard, where you can start creating courses and managing users.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install ILIAS on POP! OS Latest. Now you can use ILIAS to manage your online courses and e-learning content. Good luck!
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