How to install Phproject on Arch Linux

Phproject is a web-based project management system that offers features and tools to help you manage your projects more efficiently. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Phproject on Arch Linux system.

Prerequisites

First, make sure that you have installed the following software on your Arch Linux machine:

  • Apache Web Server
  • PHP
  • MySQL/MariaDB

Step 1: Download Phproject

Go to the Phproject website (https://www.phproject.org/) and click on the "Download" button. This will download the latest version of Phproject as a ZIP archive.

Alternatively, you can use the following command to download the ZIP archive:

$ wget https://github.com/phproject/phproject/releases/download/[VERSION]/phproject-[VERSION].zip

Replace [VERSION] with the version number of Phproject you want to download.

Step 2: Extract the ZIP archive

Once you have downloaded the ZIP archive, extract it to your web server's document root directory, which is usually /srv/http:

$ sudo unzip phproject-[VERSION].zip -d /srv/http/

Step 3: Configure Apache

Next, create an Apache Virtual Host configuration file for Phproject. 

$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/phproject.conf

Then, add the following lines to the configuration file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /srv/http/phproject/
<Directory /srv/http/phproject>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/phproject_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/phproject_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.

Step 4: Create a Database

Log in to your MariaDB/MySQL server and create a new database for Phproject:

$ sudo mysql -u root -p
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE phproject;
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phproject.* TO 'phproject_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> EXIT;

Make sure to replace your-password with a secure password of your choice.

Step 5: Configure Phproject

Next, copy the config.sample.php file to config.php:

$ sudo cp /srv/http/phproject/config.sample.php /srv/http/phproject/config.php

Then, edit the config.php file and update the database settings:

$ sudo nano /srv/http/phproject/config.php

Find the following lines and replace the placeholders with your database credentials:

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'phproject');
define('DB_USER', 'phproject_user');
define('DB_PASS', 'your-password');

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Set Permissions

Finally, set the appropriate permissions on the Phproject directory:

$ sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/phproject

Step 7: Access Phproject

Restart Apache web server to apply the changes:

$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

You can now access Phproject by navigating to your server's IP address or domain name in your web browser:

http://yourdomain.com/

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Phproject on your Arch Linux machine!