Orange Forum is an open-source forum software that is easy to install and set up on your server. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Orange Forum on POP!OS latest operating system.
Before you start the installation process, you need to have some prerequisites. These are:
First, you need to download Orange Forum from its official website. You can download the software by going to the following link https://www.goodoldweb.com/software/orange-forum.
wget https://www.goodoldweb.com/software/orange-forum.zip
After downloading, unzip the file using the following command:
unzip orange-forum.zip
Orange Forum requires some additional PHP extensions to work correctly. You can install the required PHP extensions using the following command:
sudo apt-get install php7.4-xml php7.4-mbstring php7.4-zip php7.4-curl
Next, you need to create a database for Orange Forum. You can create a new database using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE orangeforumdb;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON orangeforumdb.* TO 'orangeforumuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Make sure to replace the "orangeforumuser" and "password" with your desired username and password.
Create a new virtual host configuration file for Orange Forum. You can create a new file in the /etc/apache2/sites-enabled directory using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/orange-forum.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/orange-forum
<Directory /var/www/orange-forum>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/orange-forum_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/orange-forum_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace "yourdomain.com" with your domain name or server IP address.
Move the Orange Forum files to the /var/www/orange-forum directory using the following command:
sudo mv orange-forum /var/www/
Set the appropriate permissions for the files and directories using the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/orange-forum
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/orange-forum
Open your web browser and navigate to your Orange Forum domain name or server IP address. You will see the Orange Forum setup wizard. Follow the wizard's instructions to complete the setup process.
Enter the MySQL database details that you have created earlier.
Once you have completed the setup wizard, you will be redirected to the Orange Forum login screen. Use the admin credentials that you have entered during the setup wizard to log in.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Orange Forum on your POP!OS latest operating system. You can now start building your community and engage with your users.
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