How to Install Contao on POP! OS Latest

Contao is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that allows you to create professional-looking websites and web applications. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Contao on POP! OS latest.

Prerequisites

• A clean installation of POP! OS Latest.
• A user account with sudo privileges.
• A terminal window to run the commands.

Step 1: Update the System

First, you need to update your system packages to the latest versions by running the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Contao requires the Apache web server, a MySQL/MariaDB database, and PHP to work correctly. Therefore, you need to install these packages by running the following command:

sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-json php7.4-ldap php7.4-mbstring php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml php7.4-zip php7.4-intl php7.4-bcmath

Step 3: Create a Database

You need to create a database and a user with full permissions to access it. To create a database named contao, run the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter the MySQL root password when prompted, and then run the following SQL query to create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE contao;

After creating the database, create a MySQL user with full permissions to access the contao database by running the following SQL query:

CREATE USER 'contao_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON contao.* TO 'contao_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Replace the password with a strong password for the user.

Step 4: Download and Install Contao

Run the following command to download the latest version of Contao:

wget https://download.contao.org/4.9.25.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded archive by running the following command:

tar xfz 4.9.25.tar.gz

Remove the archive by running the following command:

rm 4.9.25.tar.gz

Move the extracted directory to the Apache web server directory by running the following command:

sudo mv contao-4.9.25 /var/www/html/

Set the ownership of the Contao directory to Apache web server user www-data by running the following command:

sudo chown -R www-data: /var/www/html/contao-4.9.25/

Step 5: Configure Apache

Create a new Virtual Host configuration file for Contao by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/contao.conf

Add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your_domain.com
    ServerAdmin webmaster@your_domain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/contao-4.9.25/web/

    <Directory /var/www/html/contao-4.9.25/web/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Replace your_domain.com with your domain name or IP address.

Save and close the file.

Enable the newly created Virtual Host by running the following command:

sudo a2ensite contao.conf

Restart the Apache web server to apply the changes by running the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 6: Install Contao via Web Installer

Open a web browser and navigate to http://your_domain.com/contao-4.9.25/. Follow the instructions provided by the Contao web installer.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Contao on POP! OS latest. You can now start using Contao to create websites and web applications.