Installing TaskBoard on EndeavourOS

TaskBoard is a free and open-source web application for managing tasks and to-do lists. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install TaskBoard on EndeavourOS, a rolling release Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before you can install TaskBoard, make sure your EndeavourOS system meets the following requirements:

• Root access or a user with sudo privileges
• Apache web server installed and running
• PHP 7.2 or later installed
• MySQL/MariaDB server installed and running

Step 1: Download TaskBoard

The first step to installing TaskBoard is to download the software from the official website. You can do this by opening a terminal window and typing the following command:

sudo wget https://github.com/kiswa/TaskBoard/releases/download/v1.1.0/TaskBoard-1.1.0.zip

This will download the latest version of TaskBoard from the official Github repository.

Step 2: Extract the archive

Once the download is complete, you will need to extract the TaskBoard archive to a directory on your web server. You can do this by typing the following command:

sudo unzip TaskBoard-1.1.0.zip -d /var/www/html/

This command will extract the TaskBoard files to the /var/www/html/ directory, which is the default web root directory in Apache.

Step 3: Create a MySQL/MariaDB database

TaskBoard requires a database to store tasks, so you will need to create a new database for TaskBoard to use. You can do this by logging into the MySQL/MariaDB server as root and typing the following commands:

sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE taskboard;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON taskboard.* TO 'taskboarduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace taskboarduser and password with a username and password of your choice.

Step 4: Configure TaskBoard

Now that you have extracted the TaskBoard files and created a new database, you need to configure TaskBoard to use the database. To do this, you will need to copy the config.php.example file to a new file called config.php, and edit the new file with your database details. You can do this by typing the following commands:

sudo cp /var/www/html/TaskBoard-1.1.0/config.php.example /var/www/html/TaskBoard-1.1.0/config.php
sudo nano /var/www/html/TaskBoard-1.1.0/config.php

In the config.php file, edit the following lines with your database details:

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_PORT', '3306');
define('DB_NAME', 'taskboard');
define('DB_USER', 'taskboarduser');
define('DB_PASS', 'password');

Save and close the file when you are done.

Step 5: Set file permissions

Before you can use TaskBoard, you need to set the correct file permissions for the TaskBoard files. You can do this by typing the following commands:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/TaskBoard-1.1.0/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/TaskBoard-1.1.0/

This will set the correct ownership and permissions for the TaskBoard files.

Step 6: Access TaskBoard

Now that you have installed and configured TaskBoard, you can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to the following URL:

http://localhost/TaskBoard-1.1.0/

You should see the TaskBoard login screen. Enter your username and password to log in and start using TaskBoard.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed TaskBoard on your EndeavourOS system.