How to Install Mejiro on Void Linux

Introduction

Mejiro is an open-source web-based solution for agile project management. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Mejiro on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this installation tutorial, you need to have the following prerequisites in place:

• A running instance of Void Linux.
• A user account with administrator privileges (sudo access).
• The terminal access.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

The following dependencies are required to run the Mejiro on Void Linux:

• PHP version 7.3 or higher
• MySQL or MariaDB
• Composer

To install the required dependencies, execute the following command:

sudo xbps-install -S php php-pdo php-mysqlnd php-fpm composer mariadb

Step 2: Configure MariaDB

After installing MariaDB, you need to configure a root password and create a new database for Mejiro.

To configure the MariaDB server, use the following command:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Enter the root password and answer the questions that follow. Then, log into the MariaDB shell as root user:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database and user for Mejiro:

CREATE DATABASE mejirodb;
CREATE USER 'mejiro'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mejirodb.* TO 'mejiro'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace 'password' with a strong password for the Mejiro user.

Step 3: Download and Configure Mejiro

After installing the required dependencies and configuring MariaDB, you can proceed to download and configure the Mejiro application.

First, create a new directory for Mejiro in the document root of your webserver:

sudo mkdir /usr/share/nginx/html/mejiro
sudo chown -R yourusername:yourusername /usr/share/nginx/html/mejiro

Next, download and extract the Mejiro source code from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/dmpop/mejiro.git

Copy the .env.example file to .env and update the database configuration:

cd mejiro
cp .env.example .env
nano .env

In the .env file, update the following variables:

APP_URL=http://localhost
DB_DATABASE=mejirodb
DB_USERNAME=mejiro
DB_PASSWORD=password

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Install Mejiro Dependencies

Before you can run Mejiro, you need to install the required dependencies using Composer:

composer install --no-interaction --prefer-dist --no-suggest --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

Step 5: Run Mejiro

After completing all the previous steps, you can now run Mejiro using the following command:

php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8000

Now you can access Mejiro by visiting http://localhost:8000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mejiro on Void Linux. You can now use Mejiro to manage your agile projects.

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