In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing BuddyPress on Ubuntu Server. BuddyPress is an open-source social networking software package, designed to be used with WordPress.
Before you start the installation, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to update the system to ensure that all packages are up to date. To do this, use the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Next, install the Apache web server using the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 -y
Install MySQL database server on your Ubuntu server using the following command:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server -y
Install PHP and related packages on your Ubuntu server using the following commands:
sudo apt-get install php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-mysql php7.2-curl php7.2-json php7.2-xml php7.2-gd php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-zip -y
Before installing BuddyPress, you need to install WordPress by downloading the compressed file from https://wordpress.org/download/ using the following command:
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file into the Apache web server document root directory:
sudo tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
Download the latest version of BuddyPress from https://buddypress.org/about/, and extract the contents. Copy the extracted folder to your WordPress plugin folder using the following command:
sudo cp -r buddypress /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/
Log in to your WordPress admin panel, and activate the BuddyPress plugin by navigating to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and click Activate:
After activation, navigate to BuddyPress > Settings to configure the plugin settings:
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install BuddyPress on Ubuntu Server. Now, you can create your social networking site and connect with others.
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