How to Install Meetable on MXLinux Latest

Meetable is a platform for creating events and managing RSVPs. It's open-source and can be installed on your own server. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of Meetable on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, ensure that your system has the following prerequisites:

MXLinux Latest installed on your system
A server with a domain name pointing to your server's IP address
Domain registered with a DNS provider

Step 1: Installing required packages

First, we need to install some required packages for Meetable:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y curl gnupg2 ca-certificates lsb-release

Step 2: Adding the Meetable GPG Key

Next, we need to add the Meetable GPG key to the system using the following command.

curl -sS https://deb.events.indieweb.org/events-gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

After adding the key, verify it using the following command:

sudo apt-key fingerprint 5105C5B5E5E8D5FC

This should output the fingerprint of the Meetable GPG key.

Step 3: Adding the Meetable repository

After adding the GPG key, we need to add the Meetable repository to the APT source list.

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://deb.events.indieweb.org/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/meetable.list

After adding the repository, update the package list to include the newly added repository:

sudo apt update

Step 4: Installing Apache and PHP

In this step, we will install Apache and PHP, which are required for Meetable to work.

sudo apt install -y apache2 libapache2-mod-php

Step 5: Installing Meetable

After installing Apache and PHP, we can now install Meetable using the following command:

sudo apt install -y events-meetable

Step 6: Configuring Meetable

After installing Meetable, open the configuration file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/events/meetable.yml

Edit the file and update the following configurations:

baseUrl: "https://example.com" # Change example.com with your domain name
database:
  dsn: "mysql:host=localhost;dbname=meetable" # Change ‘meetable’ to your database name
  user: "meetableuser" # Change ‘meetableuser’ to your MySQL username
  password: "password" # Change ‘password’ to your Mysql password

Save and close the file.

Step 7: Enabling Apache Modules

After configuring Meetable, we need to enable some Apache modules and restart the Apache service using the following commands:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 8: Accessing Meetable

After completing all the above steps, you should now be able to access Meetable by navigating to your domain name.

For example, if your domain name is example.com, navigate to https://example.com.

Conclusion

You have now successfully installed Meetable on MXLinux Latest. You can now create events, manage RSVPs and customize the platform to fit your needs.