How to install Piwik 3.5.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

How to install Piwik 3.5.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
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Prerequisites
To install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, php7)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )

Php installation with required following modules

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add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php 
apt-get update 
apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0  php7.0-common  php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-soap  php7.0-xml php7.0-intl  php7.0-cli  php7.0-ldap php7.0-zip php7.0-readline php7.0-imap php7.0-tidy php7.0-recode php7.0-sq php7.0-intl

Now we have to download a Moodle package using this following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://builds.matomo.org/piwik.zip
--2018-06-05 13:35:39--  https://builds.matomo.org/piwik.zip
Resolving builds.matomo.org (builds.matomo.org)... 185.31.40.177, 2a00:b6e0:1:200:177::1
Connecting to builds.matomo.org (builds.matomo.org)|185.31.40.177|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 18907738 (18M) \[application/zip\]
Saving to: &lsquo piwik.zip&rsquo 

piwik.zip               100%\[==============================> \]  18.03M  1.07MB/s    in 24s     

2018-06-05 13:36:05 (775 KB/s) - &lsquo piwik.zip&rsquo  saved \[18907738/18907738\]

the downloaded package is a tar file, so we need to extract the package now

root@linuxhelp1:~# unzip piwik.zip 
Archive:  piwik.zip
   creating: piwik/
   creating: piwik/tmp/
   creating: piwik/tests/
  inflating: piwik/tests/README.md   
  inflating: piwik/bower.json        
.
.
  inflating: piwik/js/README.md      
  inflating: piwik/js/piwik.js       
  inflating: piwik/js/LICENSE.txt    
  inflating: piwik/js/tracker.php    
  inflating: piwik/js/index.php      
  inflating: piwik/js/piwik.min.js   
  inflating: How to install Matomo.html

Then we have to move the extracted file into the following path

root@linuxhelp1:~# mv piwik /var/www/ 

And then switch to the following directory

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

Here to change the ownership and permission of the file

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

Now we have to create a new virtualhost configuration to accessing the Moodle application

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

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

< /VirtualHost> 

Now we have to enable the site access

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

Now we have to disable the default 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

Now we have to enable the rewrite module

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

Then we need to restart the apache2 service

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

Now we have to open a browser and type the following URL of http://local IP (or ) domain name
Now we are in a Welcome page of Matomo
Here it will check it out the system configuration

Here we have to configure the Database detail

Here it will show a table creation

Here we have to configure the Admin user credential

Here we have to configure the site information

Here it will show a Tracking code of site

Here it will show a successful message of complete the installation

Now we are in a Login page of Piwik, and then here to login with help of using Piwik

Now we are getting to open a of Piwik CMS

Here it will show a version of Piwik