How to install Joomla – 3.8.6 on Ubuntu – 17.04

After Updating the system repository we need to create a database for Joomla and configure as follows.

root@linuxhelp1:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with   or g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 10
Server version: 10.1.25-MariaDB- Ubuntu 17.04

Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type ' help '  or ' h'  for help. Type ' c'  to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]>  CREATE DATABASE joomla 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla.* TO ' joomlauser' @' localhost'  IDENTIFIED BY ' 123'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  FLUSH PRIVILEGES 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  EXIT 
Bye

And then, Let' s switch to the /tmp directory and download the Joomla package from the terminal using the following command .

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /tmp/
root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-8-6/Joomla_3-8-6-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
--2018-03-27 11:49:50--  https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-8-6/Joomla_3-8-6-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
Resolving downloads.joomla.org (downloads.joomla.org)... 72.29.124.146
Connecting to downloads.joomla.org (downloads.joomla.org)|72.29.124.146|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See Other
.
.
Resolving s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com (s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com)... 52.218.209.96
Connecting to s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com (s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com)|52.218.209.96|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 13502576 (13M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ Joomla_3-8-6-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip’ 

Joomla_3-8-6-Stable-Ful 100%[==============================> ]  12.88M   503KB/s    in 21s     

2018-03-27 11:50:16 (630 KB/s) - ‘ Joomla_3-8-6-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip’  saved [13502576/13502576]

And then create a New directory named Joomla on apache root directory to extract the downloaded package.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# mkdir /var/www/joomla
root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# unzip Joomla_3-8-6-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip -d /var/www/joomla/
Archive:  Joomla_3-8-6-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/LICENSE.txt  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/README.txt  
   creating: /var/www/joomla/administrator/
   creating: /var/www/joomla/administrator/cache/
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/administrator/cache/index.html  
   creating: /var/www/joomla/administrator/components/
.
.
extracting: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/images/j_button2_right.png  
 extracting: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/images/selector-arrow.png  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/index.php  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/offline.php  
   creating: /var/www/joomla/tmp/
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/tmp/index.html  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/web.config.txt

Next, we need to change the value of php.ini configuration file as follows.

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
[..] 
(line no : 230, 22)
output_buffering = Off
[..]

Next, switch to the Apache root directory and change the ownership and permission of Joomla Directory.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# cd /var/www/ 
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data joomla 
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 joomla

After assigning permission, create Virtual Hosts for Joomla.

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/joomla.conf 
< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/joomla/

< Directory /var/www/joomla/> 
AllowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory> 

< /VirtualHost> 

After Virtual Host Configuration enable the site using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite joomla.conf
Enabling site joomla.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run
  systemctl reload apache2

And then restart the apache2 service to make the changes effect.

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2

Don' t forget to disable the default apache site.

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

And then restart the apache2 service to make the changes effect.

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2

Now, you can proceed the further installation from the browser by navigating the URL: http://local IP (or) domain name.

First Configure the Joomla main Configuration and proceed Next.


And then configure the database configuration and proceed further.

Now take an overview of the Configuration and finalize it.

After Finalizing the configuration Joomla will start installing on the server.

After installation, it will show the installation successful Status.