How to install Xoops CMS – 2.5.9 on Ubuntu 17.04

Installing Xoops

First, make sure you update the system repository by making use of the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Hit:2 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

And then create the database for the Xoops as the root user and make the following configuration.

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 xoops 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  grant all privileges on xoops.* to ' xoopsuser' @' 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 once it is done, you shall switch to the directory.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user/Downloads# 

And also you should unzip the package.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user/Downloads# unzip xoops-2.5.9.zip -d /tmp/
Archive:  xoops-2.5.9.zip
   creating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/.gitattributes  
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/.gitignore  
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/.scrutinizer.yml  
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/checksum.md5  
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/checksum.php  
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/CONTRIBUTING.md  
   creating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/docs/
.
.
   creating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/upgrade/upd-2.5.4-to-2.5.5/
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/upgrade/upd-2.5.4-to-2.5.5/index.php  
   creating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/upgrade/upd-2.5.5-to-2.5.6/
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/upgrade/upd-2.5.5-to-2.5.6/index.php  
   creating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/upgrade/upd-2.5.7-to-2.5.8/
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/upgrade/upd-2.5.7-to-2.5.8/index.php  
   creating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/upgrade/upd-2.5.8-to-2.5.9/
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/upgrade/upd-2.5.8-to-2.5.9/index.php  
  inflating: /tmp/xoops-2.5.9/upgrade/upgrade_tpl.php

Switch to the extracted directory.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user/Downloads# cd /tmp/

Move the file to the apache HTML root directory.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# mv xoops-2.5.9 /var/www/xoops

Switch to the HTML directory now.

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

We need to change ownership and permission of the file.

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

Once it is done, proceed to create a virtual host configuration file.

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

< Directory /var/www/xoops/htdocs/> 
AllowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory> 

< /VirtualHost> 

After saving the virtual host file we need to enable site access, which you can do by making use of the following command.

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

And also we need to enable rewrite module.

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

Then, disable the default site access.

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

Finally, restart the apache2 service to make the changes effect.

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