How to Install Tiki on Linux Mint Latest

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware, a powerful open-source content management system, on Linux Mint Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation process, make sure that your system is up-to-date by running the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 1: Install LAMP stack

Tiki requires the Apache web server, MySQL/MariaDB database, and PHP runtime environment to function correctly. You can install these components as a bundle by running the following command:

sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-gd php-curl php-zip php-xml

Once the installation process is completed, start the Apache and MySQL services and enable them to start at boot time by running the following commands:

sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo systemctl enable mysql

Step 2: Create a database and user

To use Tiki, you need to create a new database and user with the necessary privileges. To create a new database, run the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

After that, enter your MySQL root password, and you will get the MySQL shell prompt. Here, create a new database with the name tiki using the following command:

CREATE DATABASE tiki;

Next, create a new user with the name tikiuser and a strong password using the following command:

CREATE USER 'tikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_secure_password';

Finally, grant all privileges to the tikiuser on the tiki database using the following command:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tiki.* TO 'tikiuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Step 3: Download and Install Tiki

To download and install Tiki, follow these steps:

Download the latest Tiki package from the Tiki website.
Extract the Tiki package using the following command:
```
tar -xzf tiki-<version>.tar.gz
```
Move the extracted Tiki files to the Apache document root directory /var/www/html/tiki:
```
sudo mv tiki-<version> /var/www/html/tiki
```
Note: Replace <version> with the actual version number of the Tiki package that you have downloaded.
Change the ownership of the /var/www/html/tiki directory to the Apache user and group www-data as follows:
```
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/tiki
```
Change the file permissions of tiki to 775 to allow the Apache user and the tikiuser to write files to the directory:
```
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/tiki
```

Add an ACL for Apache to access the Tiki files:

sudo setfacl -R -m u:www-data:rX /var/www/html/tiki

Step 4: Configure Tiki

To configure Tiki, follow these steps:

Change the directory to /var/www/html/tiki:

   cd /var/www/html/tiki

Run the Tiki installation script by accessing http://your_server_IP/tiki/tiki-install.php in your web browser. Replace your_server_IP with the IP address of your server.
Follow the on-screen instructions to configure Tiki's database settings, admin username and password, site name, and other settings. Make sure to use the database name, username, and password that you created in Step 2.
Once the installation is complete, delete the tiki-install.php file as follows:
```
sudo rm /var/www/html/tiki/tiki-install.php
```

Step 5: Access Tiki

You can now access your Tiki site by accessing http://your_server_IP/tiki in your web browser. Login using the admin username and password that you set during the installation.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tiki on Linux Mint Latest.