How to install Meetable on POP! OS Latest

Meetable is a simple yet powerful Events Management platform that allows you to create, manage and share events with others online. The good news is that Meetable is designed to be easy to install and use, and it runs on Linux-based systems such as POP! OS. In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step on how to install Meetable on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start installing Meetable on your POP! OS system, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

A POP! OS Latest installation
A web server such as Apache or Nginx
PHP version 7.4 or higher installed
MySQL or MariaDB database installed

Step 1: Installing Required Dependencies

Open the terminal on your POP! OS system by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard.
Update the package list by running this command:

sudo apt update

Install required package dependencies by running the following command in your terminal.

sudo apt install zip unzip curl wget git php-cli php-json php-curl php-mysql php-zip php-bcmath php-dom php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-pear

After successfully installed all required packages, restart the PHP service to apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart php7.x-fpm.service

Note: Replace 7.x with your installed PHP version number.

Step 2: Clone Meetable

Use cd command to navigate to your web root directory:

cd /var/www/html

Clone the Meetable repository from GitHub by running the following command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/indieweb/meetable.git

After cloning, change the ownership and permissions of the Meetable directory:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data meetable/ 
sudo chmod -R 755 meetable/

Step 3: Set Up Web Server

Create a new virtual host configuration file in your webserver.

For Nginx, use:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/meetable

Add the following lines to the meetable configuration file:

server {
    listen 80;

    root /var/www/html/meetable/public;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    server_name meetable.yourdomain.com;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.x-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

For Apache, use:

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

Add the following lines to the meetable.conf configuration file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName meetable.yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/meetable/public

    <Directory /var/www/html/meetable/public>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/meetable_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/meetable_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Note: Replace meetable.yourdomain.com with your own domain name.

Enable the newly created virtual host configuration by running the following command in your terminal:

For Nginx, use:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/meetable /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

For Apache, use:

sudo a2ensite meetable.conf

Restart your webserver to apply changes:

For Nginx, use:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

For Apache, use:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 4: Configure Meetable

Use cd command to navigate to your Meetable directory:

cd /var/www/html/meetable

Copy .env.example to .env file:

sudo cp .env.example .env

Generate a new application key:

sudo php artisan key:generate

Open .env file and make changes to the following configuration parameters:

APP_URL=http://meetable.yourdomain.com
DB_DATABASE=your_database_name
DB_USERNAME=your_database_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_database_password

Import the Meetable database schema by running the following command:

sudo php artisan migrate:install --database=mysql 
sudo php artisan migrate --database=mysql

Seed the database by running the following command:

sudo php artisan db:seed --database=mysql

Set the right permissions for the storage and bootstrap/cache directory:

sudo chgrp -R www-data storage bootstrap/cache 
sudo chmod -R ug+rwx storage bootstrap/cache

Clear the configuration and application cache:

sudo php artisan config:cache 
sudo php artisan cache:clear

Finally, make sure your PHP FPM is running:

sudo systemctl status php7.x-fpm.service

Note: Replace 7.x with your installed PHP version number.

Step 5: Access Meetable

You are now done with the installation process. You can access Meetable by visiting http://meetable.yourdomain.com in your web browser.

Conclusion

We hope that this tutorial has helped you to install Meetable on POP! OS Latest. Meetable is a very powerful events management platform, and with proper installation and use, it can help you create and manage events on the web easily and efficiently. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know.