Joomla

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Joomla! is a powerful open source PHP-based content management system.

Preinstallation

Edit /etc/portage/make.conf and append "apache2 php gd pdo" to the USE variable.

FILE /etc/portage/make.confPortage configuration file

USE="apache2 php gd pdo"

Edit /etc/portage/package.use and add the following USE flags to the PHP package, then emerge the LAMP stack:

FILE /etc/portage/package.usePortage configuration file

dev-lang/php mysql mysqli postgres

PHP5 notes:

dev-lang/php must be built with pcre and session USE flags.

When rebuilding php5 and changing USE flags, be sure to restart the web server. In this case, Apache.

root #emerge --ask apache mysql php

Scroll up into the emerge log and setup the root user for mysql running the command printed.

Edit /etc/conf.d/apache2 and add -D PHP5 to the APACHE2_OPTS line.

OpenRC

Start up the LAMP stack:

root #rc-service mysql start

root #rc-service apache2 start

Set the LAMP stack to start upon boot:

root #rc-update add mysql default

root #rc-update add apache2 default

Install

Ebuild install

It is possible to install Joomla! from Portage, but the last version keep on 1.7.

Now we can get on with emerging:

root #emerge --ask joomla

Backend

The ebuilds for Joomla! are very out of date (last ebuild 1.7), for the latest versions proceed manually.

Setup a directory for Joomla! in your web server

root #mkdir /var/www/localhost/htdocs/joomla

Pull the latest to your web server:

root #

wget -o /var/www/localhost/htdocs/joomla/joomla.zip https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-9-2/Joomla_3-9-2-Stable-Full_Package.zip

Unpack the zip:

root #unzip joomla.zip

Frontend

Point a browser @ http://127.0.0.1/joomla/installation/index.php

Step 1

Name, and describe your site, point at your email and password the admin account. (change the admin account name if you so choose, more secure)

Click next.

Step 2

MySQL

It is a good idea to setup an unprivileged mysql user and database for Joomla!:

root #

mysql -u root -p

mysql> CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `joomla` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET `utf8` COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci`;
mysql> CREATE USER 'joomla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'dbpass!!! change me';
mysql> GRANT LOCK TABLES, SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER ON `joomla`.* TO 'joomla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'dbpass!!! change me';
mysql> \q

In the web page enter joomla for username and joomla for database

Press next

Step 3

Ftp

Select no for now.

Step4

Delete the install directory, and go to http://127.0.0.1/joomla/index.php to see your website, and http://127.0.0.1/joomla/administrator/index.php to administer your website.

Extensions

Joomla! can be crafted into many things with extensions. It can be used for forums, chat, classified ads, web stores, blogs, guest books, and more.

Joomla! Extensions Directory