How to install Framadate on EndeavourOS Latest

Framadate is an open-source online service used to conduct polls and schedule appointments. Here, we will demonstrate how to install Framadate on EndeavourOS Latest using the command-line interface.

Prerequisites

A running instance of EndeavourOS Latest.
Basic knowledge of Linux commands and package management.

Installation

To install Framadate on EndeavourOS Latest, the following steps should be followed:

Access the Terminal

Click on the Applications Menu (on the top left of your screen), type Terminal, and click on the Terminal app that appears.
Update the System Packages

Once the Terminal window opens, input the following command to update your system packages.
```
sudo pacman -Syyu
```
This command will update the system packages and ensure we have the latest versions of all software components.
Install Required Packages

Before proceeding with the installation of Framadate, we need to install the following required packages
```
sudo pacman -S php php-fpm apache mariadb
```
This command installs PHP, PHP-FPM, Apache, and MariaDB on your EndeavourOS instance. These packages serve as dependencies for Framadate.
Start and Enable Services

After installing the required packages, we need to start and enable services.
```
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo systemctl start php-fpm
sudo systemctl enable php-fpm
```
This command starts and enables the Apache, MariaDB, and PHP-FPM services on your system.
Download and Extract Framadate

Next, we need to download Framadate and extract it to the Apache web root directory.
```
cd /tmp
wget https://framadate.org/abc/framadate.tar.gz
tar -xvzf framadate.tar.gz
sudo cp -R framadate/* /srv/http/
```
This command downloads the latest version of Framadate, extracts it to a temporary directory, and copies it to the Apache web root directory.
Configure the Database

After extracting Framadate, we need to create a database and user for it.
```
sudo mysql
CREATE DATABASE framadate;
GRANT ALL ON framadate.* TO 'framadate_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
exit
```
Replace PASSWORD with a secure password. This command creates a database named framadate and a user named framadate_user with the given password.
Configure Framadate

Next, we will configure Framadate. We need to edit the config.php file to specify our MariaDB credentials.
```
sudo nano /srv/http/config.php
```
Find the following lines and uncomment them by removing the // at the beginning of the line:
```
$config['db_host'] = '';
$config['db_name'] = '';
$config['db_user'] = '';
$config['db_password'] = '';
```
Update the values as follows:
```
$config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_name'] = 'framadate';
$config['db_user'] = 'framadate_user';
$config['db_password'] = 'PASSWORD';
```
Save and close the file using Ctrl + X, followed by Y.
Configure Firewall

Finally, we need to configure the firewall to allow access to Framadate.
```
sudo ufw allow http
```
This command enables HTTP access on port 80.
Access Framadate

Now we can access our newly installed Framadate by opening the following URL in our web browser:
```
http://localhost
```
Follow the prompts to set up your Framadate instance.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Framadate on EndeavourOS Latest.