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How to install HumHub in Ubuntu

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To install HumHub in Ubuntu - To create Social Network sites

Humhub is an open source tool that is user for creating Social Media websites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and so on. It is programmed in PHP language. Installation of HumHub is explained in this manual.

To Set up LAMP Server

Before starting with the HumHub installation, setup LAMP by following the below steps.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install lamp-server^ 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libwrap0 is already the newest version.
libwrap0 set to manually installed.
ssl-cert is already the newest version.
ssl-cert set to manually installed.
tcpd is already the newest version.
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Module mpm_event disabled.
Enabling module mpm_prefork.
apache2_switch_mpm Switch to prefork
apache2_invoke: Enable module php5
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (225-1ubuntu9) ...


Install PHP, once the LAMP server is installed.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install php5-curl php5-gd -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
php5-curl php5-gd
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 252 not upgraded.
Need to get 56.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 248 kB of additional disk space will be used.
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php5_invoke: Enable module gd for apache2 SAPI
php5_invoke: Enable module gd for cli SAPI
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php5 (5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4) ...


Run the following command to start and enable the apache service.

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2
root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl enable apache2 
apache2.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install
Executing /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable apache2


Now login to the MySQL Database to create database and user for Humhub.

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p 
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with   or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.6.31-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 (Ubuntu)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

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

mysql>  create database humhub 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>  CREATE USER ' humhub' @' localhost'  IDENTIFIED BY ' 123'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>  GRANT ALL ON humhub.* TO ' humhub' @' localhost'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>  flush privileges 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>  exit
Bye


To install HumHub

Download the Humhub package by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget http://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/humhub/humhub-1.1.0.tar.gz 
--2016-08-20 10:50:32-- http://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/humhub/humhub-1.1.0.tar.gz
Resolving liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net (liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net)... 197.155.77.8
Connecting to liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net (liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net)|197.155.77.8|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17163688 (16M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘ humhub-1.1.0.tar.gz’ 

humhub-1.1.0.tar.gz 100%[==========================================================================================> ] 16.37M 543KB/s in 45s

2016-08-20 10:51:17 (376 KB/s) - ‘ humhub-1.1.0.tar.gz’  saved [17163688/17163688]


Move the downloaded package into the default document root of your webserver.

root@linuxhelp:~# mv humhub-1.1.0.tar.gz /var/www/html
root@linuxhelp:~# cd /var/www/html


Extract the downloaded package by running the belowcommand.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# ls 
humhub-1.1.0.tar.gz index.html
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# tar -zxvf humhub-1.1.0.tar.gz 
humhub-1.1.0/
humhub-1.1.0/composer.lock
humhub-1.1.0/.htaccess.dist
humhub-1.1.0/fonts/
humhub-1.1.0/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf
humhub-1.1.0/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot
humhub-1.1.0/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg
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humhub-1.1.0/ico/favicon-16x16.png
humhub-1.1.0/ico/favicon-32x32.png
humhub-1.1.0/ico/favicon-96x96.png
humhub-1.1.0/ico/ms-icon-144x144.png
humhub-1.1.0/ico/apple-icon-152x152.png
humhub-1.1.0/ico/android-icon-192x192.png
humhub-1.1.0/ico/ms-icon-70x70.png
humhub-1.1.0/ico/ms-icon-150x150.png
humhub-1.1.0/ico/android-icon-144x144.png


Rename the directory that is created after the extraction.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# mv humhub-1.1.0 humhub
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# ls 
humhub humhub-1.1.0.tar.gz index.html


Set the full permissions for the HumHub directory using chmod command.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# chmod -R 777 humhub


Open the browser and enter the URL https://< IP_address> /humhub
Ubuntu_Page
The Welcome screen of HumHub appears, choose the language and Click “ Next” to start with the configuration.
Welcome_to_HumHub
Click Next to check the missing PHP extensions.
Missing_PHP_extentions
Open the terminal and run the following command to install the missing PHP extensions.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# apt-get install php5-intl php5-ldap php5-sqlite php-apc -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
php5-apcu
The following NEW packages will be installed:
php-apc php5-apcu php5-intl php5-ldap php5-sqlite
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 252 not upgraded.
Need to get 240 kB of archives.
After this operation, 978 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/universe php5-apcu amd64 4.0.7-1build1 [78.7 kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/universe php-apc all 4.0.7-1build1 [2,706 B]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates/universe php5-intl amd64 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 [112 kB]
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates/main php5-ldap amd64 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 [22.2 kB]
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates/main php5-sqlite amd64 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 [24.7 kB]
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Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/pdo_sqlite.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module pdo_sqlite for apache2 SAPI
php5_invoke: Enable module pdo_sqlite for cli SAPI
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php5 (5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4) ...


Then restart the apache services by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# systemctl restart apache2


After adding the plugins, go back to the browser and click “ Check again” .
Check_again
Click “ Next” to continue the installation process.
Continue_installation
Then fill the database connection details and click Next
Database_details
Give a name for your site.

Name_site
Choose the type of configuration you want to perform and click “ Next” .
humhub_configuration
Select the necessary security settings and click Next.
security_settings
Set up the recommended Modules for your web site and click Next.
recommended_modules
Create an Admin account to manage the whole network.
admin_account

Set up the recommended example content if required.
example_content
Once the installation process is successfully completed, click “ Sign in” .
installed_succesfully
Again “ Sign in” to start using your own social media.
start_social_media
login
Click Dashboard to view all the recent activities.
Dashboard
Click Messages to view the message conversation.
message_conversion
Click Directory to view the members in your network.
members_from_directory
Choose Welcome Space to create your new welcome page.
new_welcome_space
Welcome_Space_page
To edit your profile, click Profile.
profile

user_detail
To change Account Settings, click Account settings.
change_account_settings
Profile
Click Administration option to create user or other administrative tasks.
administrative_tasks
To Create New User, click Add New user.
Add_new_users

Fill the user details and click Create account.
General_information
create_account
User_administration

Save
Move to Directory, to send any friend Request.
move_to_directory
Member_info
Now we will try to access from our windows client machine with the newly created credentials.
access

To view notification, click Notification.
click_notification
You can start accepting the friend request.
accept_friend_request
You can send message request to your friends!

message_request_friends

Now lets open and verify the notification from another user account.
veryfy_account
user_profile
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Comments ( 2 )

joshmoreno
This is nice, but how can we install this in docker also adding a DB manager???
eric
thank you so much for sharing this very informative and easy to follow tutorial.. btw is there any user limitation on this local installation.. thanks again
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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Which is the best way to adapt HumHub to my needs?

A

Please uss the link to login into the Humhub, then you can consider whether its best or not
"https://community.humhub.com/p/1"

Q

What is the Purpose of using the Humhub?

A

Humhub is an open source tool that is user for creating Social Media websites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and so on.

Q

How to know the ratings of the Social websites?

A

Please go throw the link to yield the ratings "https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/"

Q

Does anyone think of integrating Humhub 58 into Yunohost?

A

it’s an open source Social Intranet/Private Network for Teams

Would be a great fit!

Q

Are there any plan to make integration with HumHub social network kit (https://github.com/humhub/humhub 3) ?

A

In easy word, it would be HumHub as social networking engine & Mattermost as communication / chat engine. Example scenario: User create “Space” in HumHub automatically create “group” in

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