Tutorial: How to Install Tine - Community Edition on Manjaro

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Tine - Community Edition on Manjaro. Tine is a web-based open-source groupware solution for managing contacts, calendars, and e-mails. It offers various modules such as address books, task management, and document management.

Prerequisites

Before beginning, you need to ensure that:

  • You have a working installation of Manjaro
  • You have administrative privileges

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Before installing Tine, we need to install some required packages. Open the terminal and run the following command: 

sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache mariadb

This command will install the Apache web server, PHP, and MariaDB database packages that we need for Tine.

Step 2: Configure Apache

We need to configure Apache to serve Tine. Open the terminal and run the following command: 

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

This command will open the Apache configuration file in the Nano editor.

Add the following lines at the end of the file: 

DocumentRoot "/srv/http/tine20" 
<Directory "/srv/http/tine20"> 
   AllowOverride All 
   Require all granted 
</Directory>

Save the changes and exit the editor.

Step 3: Install Tine

Now, we will download and install Tine. Open the terminal and run the following commands: 

git clone https://github.com/tine20/tine20.git /tmp/tine 
sudo mv /tmp/tine/* /srv/http/tine20/ 
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/tine20/

These commands will download Tine from GitHub, move it to the /srv/http/tine20/ directory, and change the ownership of the directory.

Step 4: Set Up Tine

We need to create a database and a database user for Tine. Open the terminal and run the following commands: 

sudo mysql

This command will start the MariaDB shell. 

CREATE DATABASE tine20; 
CREATE USER 'tine20'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'tine20password'; 
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tine20.* TO 'tine20'@'localhost'; 
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; 
quit;

These commands create a database named tine20, a user named tine20, and grant all privileges to the user on the tine20 database.

Next, we need to configure Tine. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/tine20/setup.php. This will open the Tine setup wizard.

Follow the on-screen instructions to configure Tine. When prompted for the database settings, enter the following information:

  • Database Host: localhost
  • Database Name: tine20
  • Database User: tine20
  • Database Password: tine20password

After completing the setup, navigate to http://localhost/tine20/ to access Tine.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Tine - Community Edition on Manjaro. We installed the required packages, configured Apache, and set up Tine. Tine is a powerful tool for managing contacts, calendars, and e-mails, and we encourage you to explore its various modules for better organization and productivity.