How to Install Dolibarr on Arch Linux

Dolibarr is an open-source ERP and CRM system designed to manage small to medium-sized businesses. In this tutorial, we will discuss the steps to install Dolibarr on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

  • A system running Arch Linux
  • Access to the root account or user with sudo privileges
  • Apache
  • PHP
  • MySQL

Step 1: Update your System

Before installing any new software package, it's always a good practice to update the existing packages to their latest versions. You can update using the pacman command:

$ sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install Apache, MySQL, and PHP

Dolibarr is a web-based application, so we need to install the Apache, MySQL, and PHP packages.

To install these packages, run the following command:

$ sudo pacman -S apache mariadb php php-apache

After installation, you will need to enable and start these services using the following command: 

$ sudo systemctl enable --now httpd php-fpm mariadb

Step 3: Install Dolibarr

We can install Dolibarr using the pacman package manager. Run the following commands:

$ sudo pacman -S php-gd php-curl
$ sudo pacman -S dolibarr

Step 4: Configure MariaDB

Now, we need to create a database and user for Dolibarr. Use the following commands to log in to the MariaDB instance and create a database and user.

$ sudo mysql -u root -p

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE dolibarr_db;
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL ON dolibarr_db.* TO 'dolibarr_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> EXIT;

Make sure to replace password with your desired password for your Dolibarr database user.

Step 5: Configure Apache

To configure Apache for Dolibarr, create a new Apache virtual host configuration file.

$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-dolibarr.conf

Add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/usr/share/webapps/dolibarr/htdocs"
        ServerName dolibarr.example.com

        <Directory "/usr/share/webapps/dolibarr/htdocs">
                AllowOverride All
                Options FollowSymLinks
                Require all granted

                <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
                        RewriteEngine On
                        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
                        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
                </IfModule>
        </Directory>
        
        ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/dolibarr_error.log
        CustomLog /var/log/httpd/dolibarr_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to replace dolibarr.example.com with your domain name.

Save the file and exit.

To enable this virtual host configuration file and restart the Apache service, run the following commands:

$ sudo a2ensite httpd-dolibarr
$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 6: Access Dolibarr

Open your web browser and navigate to your server IP address or your domain name. You will see the Dolibarr login page.

Login with your default credentials:

Username: admin

Password: admin

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Dolibarr on your Arch Linux system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install Dolibarr on Arch Linux. We started by preparing the system and then installed Apache, MySQL, and PHP. After that, we installed Dolibarr, configured MariaDB, and configured Apache. Finally, we accessed the Dolibarr web interface.