How to Install Xoops CMS 2.5.10 on Ubuntu 18.10

Installation Of Xoops CMS 2.5.10 :

XOOPS CMS is an acronym of eXtensible, OO (Object Oriented) portal System, easy to use dynamic web content management system (CMS) written in PHP. XOOPS is the ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs.

Features:

 Database driven

 Personalization

 User Management

 Multi-Byte language Support

 Versatile group permission System

 Theme Based skinnable interface.

Requirements:

LAMP Stack

PHP Modules:

Php php-gd php-pdo php-mysql php-simplexml php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-zip php-curl

Download Link:

https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore25/archive/master.zip

Installation Procedure:

Configure the database for Xoops CMS to access the Xoops CMS .

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 54
Server version: 10.1.29-MariaDB-6ubuntu2 Ubuntu 18.10
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 character set utf8mb4;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> use xoops;
Database changed
MariaDB [xoops]> create user user@localhost identified by 'linuxc';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)
MariaDB [xoops]> grant all on xoops.* to user@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [xoops]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)
MariaDB [xoops]> exit
Bye

Change the directory To Apache,s Document root directory.

root@linuxhelp:~# cd /var/www

create A directory for Xoops CMS

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# mkdir xoops

Change the directory to Xoops.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# cd xoops

Download the Xoops CMS from the website.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops# wget https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore25/archive/master.zip
--2019-04-12 22:38:24--  https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore25/archive/master.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113, 192.30.253.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore25/zip/master [following]
--2019-04-12 22:38:25--  https://codeload.github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore25/zip/master
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.121, 192.30.253.120
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.253.121|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘master.zip’
master.zip                        [                             <=>               ]  11.76M   965KB/s    in 13s     
2019-04-12 22:38:39 (928 KB/s) - ‘master.zip’ saved [12334198]

Extract the Zip file of Xoops CMS

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops# unzip master.zip 
Archive:  master.zip
dcaba5cea1a673cde4d81d2755682a4f45dfc1de
   creating: XoopsCore25-master/
  inflating: XoopsCore25-master/CONTRIBUTING.md  
  inflating: XoopsCore25-master/LICENSE  
  inflating: XoopsCore25-master/README.md  
   creating: XoopsCore25-master/docs/
  inflating: XoopsCore25-master/docs/README.txt  
  inflating: XoopsCore25-master/docs/changelog.250.txt  
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.
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inflating: XoopsCore25-master/upgrade/upd-2.5.5-to-2.5.6/index.php  
   creating: XoopsCore25-master/upgrade/upd-2.5.7-to-2.5.8/
  inflating: XoopsCore25-master/upgrade/upd-2.5.7-to-2.5.8/index.php  
   creating: XoopsCore25-master/upgrade/upd-2.5.8-to-2.5.9/
  inflating: XoopsCore25-master/upgrade/upd-2.5.8-to-2.5.9/index.php  
   creating: XoopsCore25-master/upgrade/upd-2.5.9-to-2.5.10/
  inflating: XoopsCore25-master/upgrade/upd-2.5.9-to-2.5.10/index.php  
  inflating: XoopsCore25-master/upgrade/upgrade_tpl.php  
finishing deferred symbolic links:
  XoopsCore25-master/htdocs/class/libraries/vendor/bin/reloadpsl -> ../geekwright/regdom/bin/reloadpsl

List out the files

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops# ll
total 12060
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 Apr 12 22:39 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 Apr 12 22:34 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12334198 Apr 12 22:38 master.zip
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root     4096 Mar 27 14:49 XoopsCore25-master/

Rename the extracted directory to xoops.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops# mv XoopsCore25-master/ xoops

List out the file

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops# ll
total 12060
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 Apr 12 22:39 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 Apr 12 22:34 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12334198 Apr 12 22:38 master.zip
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root     4096 Mar 27 14:49 xoops/

Assign the ownership permissions to xoops directory

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops# chown -R www-data. xoops/

Assign the writable permissions to xoops directory

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops# chmod -R 775 xoops/

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops# cd xoops

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops/xoops# ll
total 68
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 ./
drwxr-xr-x  3 root     root      4096 Apr 12 22:39 ../
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  1481 Mar 27 14:49 CONTRIBUTING.md*
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 docs/
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 extras/
drwxrwxr-x 17 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 htdocs/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 18047 Mar 27 14:49 LICENSE*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  8391 Mar 27 14:49 README.md*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  4106 Mar 27 14:49 release_notes.txt*
drwxrwxr-x 20 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 upgrade/

Enter into htdocs dirrectory by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops/xoops# cd htdocs/

List out the file

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops/xoops/htdocs# ll
total 340
drwxrwxr-x 17 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 ./
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 ../
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  5908 Mar 27 14:49 admin.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  5781 Mar 27 14:49 ajaxfineupload.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  3110 Mar 27 14:49 backend.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 17858 Mar 27 14:49 banners.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  3027 Mar 27 14:49 browse.php*
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 cache/
drwxrwxr-x 17 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 class/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 20538 Mar 27 14:49 edituser.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  1150 Mar 27 14:49 favicon.ico*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  3003 Mar 27 14:49 footer.php*
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 Frameworks/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  4968 Mar 27 14:49 header.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 10109 Mar 27 14:49 imagemanager.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 25385 Mar 27 14:49 image.php*
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 images/
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 include/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  3772 Mar 27 14:49 index.php*
drwxrwxr-x  7 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 install/
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 kernel/
drwxrwxr-x  3 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 language/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  4068 Mar 27 14:49 lostpass.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  3477 Mar 27 14:49 mainfile.dist.php*
drwxrwxr-x  4 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 media/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 13618 Mar 27 14:49 misc.php*
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 modules/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  9629 Mar 27 14:49 notifications.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  1716 Mar 27 14:49 pda.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  6906 Mar 27 14:49 pmlite.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  6008 Mar 27 14:49 readpmsg.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 15502 Mar 27 14:49 register.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data   248 Mar 27 14:49 robots.txt*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 12306 Mar 27 14:49 search.php*
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 templates_c/
drwxrwxr-x  5 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 themes/
drwxrwxr-x  7 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 uploads/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  9618 Mar 27 14:49 userinfo.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  6528 Mar 27 14:49 user.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  5991 Mar 27 14:49 viewpmsg.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  2740 Mar 27 14:49 xmlrpc.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 17401 Mar 27 14:49 xoops.css*
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 xoops_data/
drwxrwxr-x  4 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 xoops_lib/

Give full permissions to mainfile file which is required to access the xoops cms

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops/xoops/htdocs# chmod 777 mainfile.dist.php

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops/xoops/htdocs# ll
total 340
drwxrwxr-x 17 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 ./
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 ../
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  5908 Mar 27 14:49 admin.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  5781 Mar 27 14:49 ajaxfineupload.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  3110 Mar 27 14:49 backend.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 17858 Mar 27 14:49 banners.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  3027 Mar 27 14:49 browse.php*
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 cache/
drwxrwxr-x 17 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 class/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 20538 Mar 27 14:49 edituser.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  1150 Mar 27 14:49 favicon.ico*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  3003 Mar 27 14:49 footer.php*
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 Frameworks/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  4968 Mar 27 14:49 header.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 10109 Mar 27 14:49 imagemanager.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 25385 Mar 27 14:49 image.php*
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 images/
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 include/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  3772 Mar 27 14:49 index.php*
drwxrwxr-x  7 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 install/
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 kernel/
drwxrwxr-x  3 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 language/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  4068 Mar 27 14:49 lostpass.php*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 www-data www-data  3477 Mar 27 14:49 mainfile.dist.php*
drwxrwxr-x  4 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 media/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 13618 Mar 27 14:49 misc.php*
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 modules/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  9629 Mar 27 14:49 notifications.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  1716 Mar 27 14:49 pda.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  6906 Mar 27 14:49 pmlite.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  6008 Mar 27 14:49 readpmsg.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 15502 Mar 27 14:49 register.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data   248 Mar 27 14:49 robots.txt*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 12306 Mar 27 14:49 search.php*
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 templates_c/
drwxrwxr-x  5 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 themes/
drwxrwxr-x  7 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 uploads/
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  9618 Mar 27 14:49 userinfo.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  6528 Mar 27 14:49 user.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  5991 Mar 27 14:49 viewpmsg.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data  2740 Mar 27 14:49 xmlrpc.php*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 17401 Mar 27 14:49 xoops.css*
drwxrwxr-x  6 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 xoops_data/
drwxrwxr-x  4 www-data www-data  4096 Mar 27 14:49 xoops_lib/

Create a customised Configuration file for Xoops CMS

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops/xoops/htdocs# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/xoops.conf
<virtualhost *:80>
servername www.linuxhelp1.com
documentroot /var/www/xoops/xoops/htdocs/
<directory /var/www/xoops/xoops/htdocs/>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>

Disable the default sites.

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

Enable the xoops site.

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

Enable the rewrite module

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

Restart the service of Apache.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/xoops/xoops/htdocs# systemctl restart apache2

Enter the servername that was configured inside the virtual hosting of xoops.conf Select the language and click continue. Check the Installation wizard of Xoops CMS 2.5.10 and click continue. Check the server configuration and click continue. Check the path settings of the Xoops CMS ,website location and click continue. Check the database connection by entering the username and password that had created during the configuration of mariaDB and click continue. Enter the database name and click continue. System Configuration settings has been saved and click continue. Database tables have been created and click continue. After Enrolling your admin credentials like username,password and email id ,click continue. To Save your database settings, click Continue. Configure the site details by setting a site name and click continue. Select the modules that you would want to install and click continue. The installation of modules has been finished and click continue. In the welcome page of Xoops Cms site click continue. The website of Linuxhelp1 site has opened with the installed modules and themes. Thus Installation Of Xoops CMs 2.5.10 On Ubuntu 18.10 comes to end.