LimeSurvey is a powerful, open-source survey tool that enables you to create and conduct surveys, polls, and questionnaires. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the process of installing LimeSurvey on POP! OS Latest using the command line.
Before we start, you'll need the following:
The first step is to download the latest version of LimeSurvey from the official website. You can do this either by using the command line or by downloading the archive from the LimeSurvey website and extracting it to your desired location.
To download LimeSurvey via the command line, open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo wget https://www.limesurvey.org/stable-release?download=1852:limesurvey4.3.16+210628.tar.gz -O limesurvey.tar.gz
You will need to install some dependencies before you can install LimeSurvey. To do this, open a terminal, and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-mbstring php-mysql php-xml php-zip unzip
Before we start the installation of LimeSurvey, we need to create a virtual host for it. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/limesurvey.conf
This will open the nano text editor. Type in the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/limesurvey"
ServerName limesurvey.local
ErrorLog "/var/log/apache2/limesurvey-error_log"
CustomLog "/var/log/apache2/limesurvey-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
Save the configuration file and exit the text editor.
Now we need to enable the virtual host and restart Apache. Run the following commands in the terminal:
sudo a2ensite limesurvey.conf
sudo service apache2 restart
Navigate to the directory where you downloaded LimeSurvey and extract the archive by running the following command:
sudo tar -xvf limesurvey.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
Set the correct ownership and permissions for the LimeSurvey directory by running the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/limesurvey
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/limesurvey/tmp
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/limesurvey/upload
To create a MySQL database, open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This will open the MySQL command line interface. Type in the following commands to create a database and user for LimeSurvey:
CREATE DATABASE limesurvey;
CREATE USER 'limeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON limesurvey.* TO 'limeuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Note: Be sure to replace password with a secure password.
Now that you have set up your virtual host, installed the dependencies, enabled the virtual host, extracted LimeSurvey, set the correct permissions, and created a MySQL database and user, you are now ready to install LimeSurvey.
Navigate to http://limesurvey.local in your web browser. You should see the LimeSurvey installation page. Follow the installation steps, including entering the database information you created in Step 7.
You have successfully installed LimeSurvey on POP! OS Latest. You can now use LimeSurvey to create and conduct surveys, polls, and questionnaires to collect and analyze data.
Happy surveying!
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