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+ <html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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+ <head>
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+ <title>Install MyBB - Open Source Forum Software - on Linux</title>
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+ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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+ <meta charset="UTF-8">
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+ <meta name="keywords" content="Browser Based,Home Lab,Home Lab Ideas,Install Guide,Self-Hosted,Web Based,Web Based Tools,Bulletin Board,Debian,Forum,Homelab,Linux,PHP,MariaDB,MySQL,PHP Based Application,PHP Based Forum,Self-Hosted Forum,Ubuntu,MyBB,Install MyBB On Debian Linux,How To,Tutorial,i12bretro">
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+ <meta name="author" content="i12bretro">
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+ <meta name="description" content="Install MyBB - Open Source Forum Software - on Linux">
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+ <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
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+ <meta name="revised" content="04/16/2024 07:50:09 PM" />
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+ <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="includes/favicon.ico">
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+ <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
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+ <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/steps.js"></script>
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+ <link href="css/steps.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
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+ </head>
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+ <body>
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+ <div id="gridContainer">
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+ <div class="topMargin"></div>
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+ <div id="listName" class="topMargin">
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+ <h1>Install MyBB - Open Source Forum Software - on Linux</h1>
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+ </div>
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+ <div></div>
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+ <div id="content">
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+ <h2>What is MyBB?</h2>
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+
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+<blockquote>MyBB is the free and open source forum software powering thousands of engaging, vibrant, and unique communities across the internet.<i> - <a href="https://mybb.com/" target="_blank">https://mybb.com/</a></i></blockquote>
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+<h2>Installation</h2>
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Log into the Linux device</li>
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+ <li>Run the following commands in a terminal:
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+ <div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
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+ sudo apt update<br />
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+ # install any available software updates<br />
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+ sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
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+ # install Apache HTTPD and MySQL<br />
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+ sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client wget zip -y<br />
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+ # install PHP components<br />
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+ sudo apt install php php-mysql php-common php-gd php-mbstring php-xml -y<br />
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+ # configure the MySQL database<br />
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+ sudo su<br />
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+ mysql_secure_installation</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Press Enter to login as root</li>
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+ <li>Type N and press Enter to not switch to socket authentication</li>
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+ <li>Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm</li>
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+ <li>Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users</li>
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+ <li>Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely</li>
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+ <li>Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database</li>
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+ <li>Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables</li>
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+ <li>Run the following command to login into MySQL:
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+ <div class="codeBlock">mysql -u root -p</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Authenticate with the root password set earlier</li>
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+ <li>Run the following commands to create the mybb database and database user
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+ <div class="codeBlock">CREATE DATABASE mybb DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;<br />
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+ GRANT ALL ON mybb.* TO 'mybb_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'My44_rw$';<br />
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+ FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<br />
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+ EXIT;<br />
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+ exit</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Continue with the following commands to download and extract MyBB to the webroot
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+ <div class="codeBlock"># fetch the latest download URL<br />
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+ regex='"browser_download_url": "(https:\/\/github.com\/mybb\/mybb\/releases\/download\/[^/]*\/mybb_[^/]*\.zip)"' && response=$(curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/mybb/mybb/releases/latest) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"<br />
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+ # download latest mybb version<br />
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+ sudo wget -O /tmp/mybb.zip $downloadURL<br />
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+ # extract the downloaded zip archive<br />
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+ sudo unzip /tmp/mybb.zip -d /var/www/html<br />
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+ # delete the Documentation directory<br />
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+ sudo rm /var/www/html/Documentation -R<br />
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+ # rename mybb folder<br />
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+ sudo mv /var/www/html/Upload /var/www/html/mybb<br />
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+ # rename htaccess file<br />
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+ sudo mv /var/www/html/mybb/htaccess.txt /var/www/html/mybb/.htaccess<br />
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+ # set permissions<br />
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+ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mybb<br />
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+ # create a config file<br />
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+ sudo touch /var/www/html/mybb/inc/config.php<br />
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+ # make some files writable<br />
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+ sudo chmod 666 /var/www/html/mybb/inc/config.php /var/www/html/mybb/inc/settings.php<br />
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+ sudo chmod 777 /var/www/html/mybb/cache/ /var/www/html/mybb/cache/themes/ /var/www/html/mybb/uploads/ /var/www/html/mybb/uploads/avatars/</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/mybb</li>
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+ <li>Click Next at the Welcome screen</li>
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+ <li>Click Next at the License Agreement</li>
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+ <li>Click Next at the Requirements Check</li>
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+ <li>Complete the Database Configuration as shown below
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+ <p>Database Engine: MySQL Improved<br />
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+ <br />
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+ Database Server Hostname: localhost<br />
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+ Database Username: mybb_rw<br />
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+ Database Password: My44_rw$<br />
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+ Database Name: mybb<br />
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+ <br />
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+ Table Prefix: mybb_</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Click Next after the table creation completes</li>
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+ <li>Click Next to complete the Table Population</li>
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+ <li>Click Next at the Theme Insertion screen</li>
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+ <li>Modify the Board Configuration form as needed > Click Next</li>
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+ <li>Create an administrator account by entering a Username, Password and Email Address > Click Next</li>
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+ <li>Back in the terminal, remove the /install directory with the following command
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+ <div class="codeBlock"># remove the install directory<br />
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+ sudo rm /var/www/html/mybb/install -R</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Back in the browser, navigate to http://DNSorIP/mybb/admin/index.php</li>
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+ <li>Login with the administrator username and password created earlier</li>
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+ <li>Welcome to MyBB</li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<p>Source: <a href="https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/" target="_blank">https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/</a></p> </div>
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+ </div>
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+ </body>
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+ </html>
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