How to Install GNU FM on Arch Linux

GNU FM is a free and open source music community platform that allows users to create and share their own music playlists. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of GNU FM on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation, you need to have the following prerequisites:

A running Arch Linux system with a user account with sudo privileges.
Apache web server installed and enabled.
PHP runtime environment installed and enabled.
MariaDB or MySQL database server installed and enabled.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Open the terminal and login as a root user.
```
sudo -i
```
Update the package manager and upgrade the system packages to the latest version.
```
pacman -Syu
```

Install the required dependencies for GNU FM with the following command.

pacman -S curl php-curl php-gd php-intl php-mcrypt php-mysql php-xmlrpc

Step 2: Install MariaDB

Install MariaDB using the following command.
```
pacman -S mariadb
```

Initialize the MariaDB database and start the database service.

mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql/
systemctl start mariadb.service
systemctl enable mariadb.service

Secure the MariaDB installation by running the following script.
```
mysql_secure_installation
```

Step 3: Install and Configure the GNU FM Application

Change to the web server document root directory.
```
cd /srv/http/
```

Download the GNU FM package from the official website.

sudo curl -s https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnufm/gnufm-0.3.5.tar.gz -o gnufm.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded archive and rename the extracted directory to "gnufm".
```
sudo tar xzf gnufm.tar.gz
sudo mv gnufm-0.3.5 gnufm
```

Configure the Apache web server to serve the GNU FM application by creating a new VirtualHost file.

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/gnufm.conf

Copy and paste the following configuration into the file.

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot "/srv/http/gnufm/public_html/"
ServerName example.com
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/gnufm-error.log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/gnufm-access.log" combined
<Directory "/srv/http/gnufm/public_html/">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file by pressing CTRL + O and CTRL + X.
Restart the Apache web server to apply the new configuration.
```
systemctl restart httpd.service
```

Create a new database for the GNU FM application with the following command.

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE gnufm;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON gnufm.* TO 'gnufmuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Edit the GNU FM configuration file to set the database credentials.

cd /srv/http/gnufm/app/
sudo cp config.php.sample config.php
sudo nano config.php

Modify the following lines in the file.

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'gnufm');
define('DB_USER', 'gnufmuser');
define('DB_PASS', 'password');

Change the file permissions of the GNU FM application directory to allow web server access and write permissions.
```
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/gnufm/
sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/http/gnufm/
```
Open your web browser and navigate to the URL http://example.com/install.php (replace "example.com" with your own domain name) to start the installation process.
Follow the installation wizard and provide the required information such as database name, username, and password.
Once the installation is complete, remove the "install.php" file from the document root directory for security purposes.
```
sudo rm /srv/http/gnufm/install.php
```

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed and configured the GNU FM application on your Arch Linux system. You can now start uploading and sharing your music playlists with your friends and followers.