farmOS is a popular open-source farm management software that can help small farmers and growers manage their crops and livestock more efficiently. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install farmOS on the latest version of POP! OS.
Before we begin, you will need to have the following:
Open a terminal window and update the package repository and system packages.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
LAMP stack is a common platform for developing and hosting web applications. The components of LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
First, install Apache web server.
sudo apt install apache2
Verify Apache service is running with the following command:
sudo systemctl status apache2
If the service is running, you will see output that says something like:
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
└─apache2-systemd.conf
Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-02-15 16:40:01 IST; 56min ago
Main PID: 15519 (apache2)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 18741)
Memory: 50.1M
CPU: 483ms
CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service
├─15519 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
├─15522 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
├─15523 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
├─15524 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
├─15525 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
└─15526 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
Next, install MySQL.
sudo apt install mysql-server
Then, follow the MySQL installation instructions on the prompt.
Finally, install PHP and required extensions.
sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
Once installed, verify that the PHP module is loaded.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo systemctl status apache2
Check if PHP is enabled.
php -v
If the PHP version is shown as output, PHP has been installed correctly.
To download and install farmOS, you need to first download the latest version using Git.
cd /var/www/html/
sudo git clone https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS.git
After cloning the repository, change ownership of the created folder to make it writable.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/farmOS
Create an empty database for farmOS in MySQL.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Once inside the MySQL server shell, create the database, user and grant privileges.
CREATE DATABASE farmosdb;
CREATE USER 'farmosuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'some_secure_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON farmosdb.* TO 'farmosuser'@'localhost';
Exit the MySQL shell.
exit
Next, navigate to the farmOS website root directory.
cd /var/www/html/farmOS
Copy the default configuration file.
sudo cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php
After copying the file, create a newly generated file.
sudo chmod 777 sites/default/settings.php
Open the newly generated file.
sudo nano sites/default/settings.php
Enter your database, user and password.
$databases = array (
'default' =>
array (
'default' =>
array (
'database' => 'farmosdb',
'username' => 'farmosuser',
'password' => 'some_secure_password',
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => '',
'driver' => 'mysql',
'prefix' => '',
),
),
);
Save the file and close the editor.
Finally, finish the installation process by visiting the URL: http://your_server_IP_or_domain/farmOS/install.php
We have shown you how to install farmOS on the latest version of POP! OS. You can now start using farmOS to manage your farm production better.
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