How to Install ResourceSpace on MX Linux

ResourceSpace is a digital asset management system that is used to manage your digital files, such as images, videos, and audio files, in a central location. This tutorial will guide you on how to install ResourceSpace on MX Linux.

Prerequisites

  • A user account with sudo privileges
  • MX Linux installed and updated

Step 1: Install Required Packages

To install ResourceSpace on MX Linux, you need to install some packages. Firstly, update the package manager with the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Install some additional packages required for installing ResourceSpace with the following command:

sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php-gd php-xml php-mbstring php-imagick ffmpeg imagemagick ghostscript antiword python python-pip python-dev build-essential libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libwebp-dev libtiff-dev libc-client-dev libkrb5-dev libmagickwand-dev libzip-dev

Wait for the packages to download and install.

Step 2: Download ResourceSpace

Download the latest version of ResourceSpace for Ubuntu from the ResourceSpace website:

wget https://www.resourcespace.com/get/file/resourcespace-latest.tar.gz

Once the download is completed, extract the ResourceSpace archive with the following command:

tar xvfz resourcespace-latest.tar.gz

The extracted files will be placed in a new directory named resourcepace in the current directory.

Step 3: Move Files to Document Root Directory

Move the ResourceSpace files to the Apache document root directory:

sudo mv resourcepace /var/www/html/

Change the ownership of the ResourceSpace files to the Apache user:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/resourcepace/

Step 4: Create a New Database

Create a new MySQL database for ResourceSpace:

Log in to the MySQL server:

sudo mysql -u root

Create a database named resourcespacedb:

CREATE DATABASE resourcespacedb CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

Create a new user named resourcespaceuser with a password:

CREATE USER 'resourcespaceuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Grant all privileges to the new user on the resourcespacedb database:

GRANT ALL ON resourcespacedb.* TO 'resourcespaceuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Flush the privileges and exit the MySQL shell:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 5: Configure ResourceSpace

Navigate to the resourcepace/include directory and copy the config.default.php file as config.php:

cd /var/www/html/resourcepace/include/
sudo cp config.default.php config.php

Open the config.php file in a text editor:

sudo nano config.php

Find the following lines:

$db_host="";
$db_username="";
$db_password="";
$db_database_name="";

Enter the following values:

$db_host="localhost";
$db_username="resourcespaceuser";
$db_password="password";
$db_database_name="resourcespacedb";

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Install ResourceSpace

Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/resourcepace/install/. Follow the on-screen instructions to install ResourceSpace.

Conclusion

ResourceSpace is now installed on your MX Linux system. You can now start adding files to the system and manage them with ResourceSpace.