How to Install Dotclear on macOS

Dotclear is a blogging platform that can be installed on a web server or a local machine for testing purposes. In this tutorial, we'll cover the steps to install Dotclear on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that your macOS machine meets the following requirements:

• macOS 10.10 or higher
• PHP 7.2 or higher
• MySQL 5.1 or higher
• Apache 2.0 or higher

You can install these components manually or use a package manager like Homebrew.

Step 1: Download Dotclear

Visit the official website of Dotclear at https://dotclear.org/ and download the latest version of Dotclear.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Before installing Dotclear, make sure that all the required dependencies are installed on your macOS machine. Here are the commands to install them using Homebrew:

brew install php
brew install mysql
brew install apache

Step 3: Configure Apache

Next, we need to configure Apache to serve Dotclear on our local machine. Here are the steps to modify the Apache configuration file:

1. Open the Apache configuration file in a text editor.

   sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
   

2. Uncomment the following lines by removing the '#' character at the beginning of the line:

   LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache2/libphp7.so
   LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
   

3. Add the following lines to the bottom of the file to create a virtual host for Dotclear:

   <VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerName dotclear.local # change this to your desired domain name
       DocumentRoot /path/to/dotclear # change this to the path where you extracted Dotclear
       <Directory /path/to/dotclear>
           AllowOverride All
           Require all granted
       </Directory>
   </VirtualHost>
   

4. Save the file and exit the text editor.

Step 4: Install Dotclear

Now that we have our web server ready, let's move on to installing Dotclear:

1. Extract the contents of the Dotclear ZIP file to the DocumentRoot of our virtual host (in this case, /path/to/dotclear).
2. Navigate to the install directory in your web browser (http://dotclear.local/install).
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. You will need to enter your MySQL credentials and create an administrator account.

Step 5: Test Dotclear

Once the installation is complete, you can access your new Dotclear blog by navigating to http://dotclear.local in your web browser. You should see the default Dotclear template and be able to login to the admin panel using the credentials you created during installation.

That's it! You have successfully installed Dotclear on your macOS machine.

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