How to install FUDforum on Ubuntu-18.04
To install FUDforum on Ubuntu-18.04
FUDforum (Fast Uncompromising Discussion Forum) is a free and open source web discussion forum. FUDforum combines an extensive feature set while maintaining the ability to generate forum web pages extremely fast. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of FUDforum on Ubuntu-18.04.
Prerequisites
Install LAMP (Apache, MariaDB, php7.0)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user)
Php installation with required following modules
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
apt-get update
apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0 php7.0-common
php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-soap php7.0-xml php7.0-intl php7.0-cli php7.0-ldap php7.0-zip php7.0-readline php7.0-imap php7.0-tidy php7.0-recode php7.0-sq php7.0-intl php7.0-pspell
Installation
Download a FUDforum package using the wget command.
root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/fudforum/FUDforum_3.0.9.zip
--2018-07-17 02:07:29-- https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/fudforum/FUDforum_3.0.9.zip
Resolving excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.153.32.19
Connecting to excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.153.32.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3076794 (2.9M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘;FUDforum_3.0.9.zip’;
FUDforum_3.0.9.zip 100%[============================>] 2.93M 1.11MB/s in 2.6s
2018-07-17 02:07:32 (1.11 MB/s) - ‘;FUDforum_3.0.9.zip’; saved [3076794/3076794]
After Downloading extract the downloaded package
root@linuxhelp:~# unzip FUDforum_3.0.9.zip
Archive: FUDforum_3.0.9.zip
creating: fudforum/
inflating: fudforum/fudforum_archive
inflating: fudforum/README
inflating: fudforum/COPYING
inflating: fudforum/uninstall.php
inflating: fudforum/install.php
inflating: fudforum/upgrade.php
Change ownership and permission of the as fudforum follows
root@linuxhelp:~# ls fudforum FUDforum_3.0.9.zip root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data:www-data fudforum/ root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 775 fudforum/
Move the extracted file into the HTML directory
root@linuxhelp:~# mv fudforum/ /var/www/html/
Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the FUDforums.
root@linuxhelp:~# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
root@linuxhelp:/etc/apache2/sites-available# vim forum.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/fudforum/
<Directory /var/www/html/fudforum/>
AllowOverride All
Allow from all
</Directory>
</virtualHost>
Enable site access.
root@linuxhelp:/etc/apache2/sites-available# a2ensite forum.conf
Enabling site forum.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2
Entry to the host file.
root@linuxhelp:/etc/apache2/sites-available# vim /etc/hosts
<Give your ip> <Give your domain name>
Restart the apache service to make the changes effect.
linuxhelp sites-available # systemctl restart apache2.service
Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL: http://<ipaddress or domain name
The installer window appears on the screen and clicks start installer to the next page.
The next page of the system file and directory path.
Next is the Database Setup. Enter all the database details such as database host, name, and password. Submit Database Login option.
Give cookie domain name.
Forum theme setting.
Admin user setting, so fill the admin details.
Installation is completed. Then click on finished.
Login page of FUDforums.
The dashboard of FUDforums admin panel is shown below.
With this, the method to install FUDforums on Ubuntu-18.04 comes to an end.
# systemctl restart apache2.service
# mv fudforum/ /var/www/html/
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