Installing ICEcoder on Linux Mint

ICEcoder is a web-based code editor that runs on your server or localhost. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing ICEcoder on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before you get started, you should have the following:

• A Linux Mint system up and running
• Apache web server installed and running
• PHP installed and running

Step 1: Download ICEcoder

Download the latest version of ICEcoder from https://icecoder.net/. Save the ZIP file to your downloads folder.

Step 2: Extract the ZIP file

Open your terminal and navigate to your downloads folder:

cd ~/Downloads

Extract the ZIP file:

unzip icecoder*.zip

Move the ICEcoder directory to your web server's document root:

sudo mv icecoder-* /var/www/html/icecoder/

Step 3: Configure ICEcoder

Next, you need to modify the configuration file lib/config.php. Open the file in your favorite text editor:

sudo nano /var/www/html/icecoder/lib/config.php

Find the line that says define('DOCROOT', '/var/www/html/icecoder/'); and change it to match the path to your ICEcoder directory:

define('DOCROOT', '/var/www/html/icecoder/');

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Set permissions

You need to set the correct permissions on the lib and plugins directories:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/icecoder/lib
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/icecoder/plugins

Step 5: Access ICEcoder

Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/icecoder/. ICEcoder should load and you should be able to start coding!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install ICEcoder on Linux Mint. You should now be able to use ICEcoder to edit your code directly in your web browser.