How to Install Alltube on Linux Mint Latest

Alltube is an open-source web application that allows users to download videos from various video streaming sites easily. If you're running Linux Mint and want to install Alltube, follow the steps below.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have the following prerequisites on your system:

  • Linux Mint OS installed
  • Apache web server installed and running
  • PHP 5.5+ installed
  • Git installed

Step-by-Step Installation Instructions

  1. Open your terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to install Alltube.

  2. Clone Alltube repository from the Github repository Rudloff/alltube using the command below:

$ git clone https://github.com/Rudloff/alltube.git
  1. Move the downloaded files to the Apache root directory with the command below:
$ sudo mv alltube /var/www/html/
  1. grant web server write access to the Alltube installation directory using the command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/alltube
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/alltube
  1. Navigate to /var/www/html/alltube/config/ directory and make a copy of parameters.yml.dist file by running:
sudo cp parameters.yml.dist parameters.yml
  1. Edit the parameters.yml file and update the necessary configuration such as database connection credentials, app URL, and other settings.
# This file is auto-generated during the composer install
parameters:
    database_driver: pdo_mysql
    database_host: 127.0.0.1
    database_port: null
    database_name: alltube
    database_user: root
    database_password: root
    database_charset: UTF8
    secret: ThisTokenIsNotSoSecretChangeIt
    alltube_url: 'http://localhost/alltube'
    ...
  1. Install Composer and run the following command to install dependencies
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar install
  1. Create a new virtual host configuration file for Alltube by running:
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/alltube.conf
  1. Paste the following configuration into the opened file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName localhost
    ServerAlias alltube
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/alltube/web
    <Directory /var/www/html/alltube/web>
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/alltube_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/alltube_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

  1. Save the changes and exit nano.

  2. Enable the new virtual host by running:

sudo a2ensite alltube.conf
  1. Restart Apache2 server to activate the new settings:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
  1. Open your browser and visit the URL http://localhost/alltube to launch the Alltube web application.

That's it. You have successfully installed Alltube on your Linux Mint system. You can now start downloading your preferred video content from your favorite streaming sites with ease.