How to install Linux dash on Ubuntu 18.04

Now clone the Linux dash from Github repository.

root@linuxhelp1:~# git clone https://github.com/afaqurk/linux-dash.git
Cloning into ' Linux-dash' ...
remote: Counting objects: 4484, done.
remote: Total 4484 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 4484
Receiving objects: 100% (4484/4484), 4.54 MiB | 165.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (2648/2648), done.

Next, install apache by making use of the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install apache2 -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  apache2-doc apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom

The following NEW packages will be installed:

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Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/apache2.service &rarr  /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/apache-htcacheclean.service &rarr  /lib/systemd/system/apache-htcacheclean.service.
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for ufw (0.35-5) ...

And then move the file into the html location

root@linuxhelp1:~# mv linux-dash /var/www/

Switch the following directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /var/www/

Change ownership and permission of the Linux dash directory

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data linux-dash
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 linux-dash

Next, create a new virtual host configuration for access the Linux dash

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/linuxdash.conf
< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/linux-dash/
< Directory /var/www/linux-dash/> 
AllowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory> 
< /VirtualHost> 

Then, Enable the site access for new creating virtual host configuration

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

Now disable the default site access as follows

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

Next, enable rewrite module.

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2

Finally, restart the apache service to make the changes effect.

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

Now, open a browser and type the following URL of http://local IP (or) domain name

You will see the following output on your browser as shown here.