How to install Pligg in Ubuntu

Then install the mariadb-server package by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install mariadb-server -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libaio1 libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libmysqlclient18 libreadline5 libterm-readkey-perl
mariadb-client-10.0 mariadb-client-core-10.0 mariadb-common mariadb-server-10.0 mariadb-server-core-10.0 mysql-common
Suggested packages:
libmldbm-perl libnet-daemon-perl libsql-statement-perl libipc-sharedcache-perl mailx mariadb-test tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libaio1 libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libmysqlclient18 libreadline5 libterm-readkey-perl
mariadb-client-10.0 mariadb-client-core-10.0 mariadb-common mariadb-server mariadb-server-10.0 mariadb-server-core-10.0
mysql-common
0 upgraded, 14 newly installed, 0 to remove and 255 not upgraded.
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Setting up mariadb-server-core-10.0 (10.0.25-0ubuntu0.15.10.1) ...
Setting up mariadb-server-10.0 (10.0.25-0ubuntu0.15.10.1) ...
161007 5:57:17 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 10.0.25-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.15.10.1) starting as process 3089 ...
Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.028-2) ...
Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.95-2) ...
Setting up mariadb-server (10.0.25-0ubuntu0.15.10.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (225-1ubuntu9) ...

Run the following command to create a database and user for access the databases and that user should have the full access to the database.

root@linuxhelp1:~# mysql -u root -p 
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with   or g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 42
Server version: 10.0.25-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 (Ubuntu)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

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

MariaDB [(none)]>  create database pligg 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  grant all privileges on pligg.* to ' user1' @' localhost'  identified by ' linuxc'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  flush privileges 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  exit
Bye

After creating the MariaDB, install the apache web server.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install apache2 -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap liblua5.1-0
Suggested packages:
apache2-doc apache2-suexec-pristine apache2-suexec-custom
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap liblua5.1-0
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 255 not upgraded.
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Enabling conf security.
Enabling conf serve-cgi-bin.
Enabling site 000-default.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
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Run the following command to install the PHP and its module packages.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-gd -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libmcrypt4 php5-cli php5-common php5-json php5-readline
Suggested packages:
php-pear libmcrypt-dev mcrypt php5-user-cache
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libapache2-mod-php5 libmcrypt4 php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-gd php5-json php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-readline
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Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/mysql.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module mysql for cli SAPI
php5_invoke: Enable module mysql for apache2 SAPI

Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/mysqli.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module mysqli for cli SAPI
php5_invoke: Enable module mysqli for apache2 SAPI

Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/pdo_mysql.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module pdo_mysql for cli SAPI
php5_invoke: Enable module pdo_mysql for apache2 SAPI
Setting up php5-readline (5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4) ...

Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/readline.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module readline for cli SAPI
php5_invoke: Enable module readline for apache2 SAPI
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
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Download the Pligg software by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /opt/
root@linuxhelp1:/opt# wget https://github.com/Pligg/pligg-cms/releases/download/2.0.2/2.0.2.zip 
--2016-10-07 06:02:39-- https://github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com/releases/11161198/69de24e8-2897-11e4-82bb-a7c7f91a3d52.zip?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-Credential=AKIAISTNZFOVBIJMK3TQ%2F20161007%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request& X-Amz-Date=20161007T003239Z& X-Amz-Expires=300& X-Amz-Signature=bd7c495b25be385deac7c7e544874343e5925862e928fc92d9b7445f843f5931& X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host& actor_id=0& response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D2.0.2.zip& response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com (github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com)... 52.216.1.48
Connecting to github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com (github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com)|52.216.1.48|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2632865 (2.5M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ 2.0.2.zip’ 

2.0.2.zip 100%[============================================================> ] 2.51M 658KB/s in 4.6s

2016-10-07 06:02:45 (554 KB/s) - ‘ 2.0.2.zip’  saved [2632865/2632865]

Extract the downloaded package and move the package to the document root directory.

root@linuxhelp1:/opt# unzip 2.0.2.zip 
Archive: 2.0.2.zip
creating: pligg-cms-master/
inflating: pligg-cms-master/.gitattributes
inflating: pligg-cms-master/.gitignore
creating: pligg-cms-master/admin/
inflating: pligg-cms-master/admin/admin_backup.php
inflating: pligg-cms-master/admin/admin_categories.php
inflating: pligg-cms-master/admin/admin_comments.php
inflating: pligg-cms-master/admin/admin_config.php
inflating: pligg-cms-master/admin/admin_create_user.php
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creating: pligg-cms-master/widgets/spam_trigger/templates/
extracting: pligg-cms-master/widgets/spam_trigger/templates/index.html
inflating: pligg-cms-master/widgets/spam_trigger/templates/widget.tpl
creating: pligg-cms-master/widgets/statistics/
extracting: pligg-cms-master/widgets/statistics/index.html
inflating: pligg-cms-master/widgets/statistics/init.php
inflating: pligg-cms-master/widgets/statistics/lang.conf
inflating: pligg-cms-master/widgets/statistics/statistics_readme.htm
creating: pligg-cms-master/widgets/statistics/templates/
extracting: pligg-cms-master/widgets/statistics/templates/index.html
inflating: pligg-cms-master/widgets/statistics/templates/settings.tpl
inflating: pligg-cms-master/widgets/statistics/templates/widget.tpl
root@linuxhelp1:/opt# mv pligg-cms-master/ /var/www/html/pligg 

Set the owner permission to that directory by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/opt# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pligg 

After setting the permission, move to the pligg directory and rename the default files and directory to make it active.

root@linuxhelp1:/opt# cd /var/www/html/pligg/
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html/pligg# mv settings.php.default settings.php
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html/pligg# mv languages/lang_english.conf.default languages/lang_english.conf
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html/pligg# mv logs.default/ logs
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html/pligg# mv libs/dbconnect.php.default libs/dbconnect.php 

In order to create a virtual host for the pligg file, create a file and a soft link for that file in side-enabled.

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html/pligg# touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/pligg.conf
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html/pligg# ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available//pligg.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pligg.conf 

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html/pligg# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/pligg.conf 
< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerAdmin admin@linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/pligg/
ServerName linuxhelp1.com
ServerAlias www.linuxhelp1.com
< Directory /var/www/html/pligg/> 
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
< /Directory> 
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/linuxhelp1.com-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/linuxhelp1.com-access_log common
< /VirtualHost> 

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html/pligg# service apache2 restart 

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html/pligg# chmod 644 libs/dbconnect.php
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html/pligg# rm -rf install/