Installing the SMF Forum on Linux

# Install Apache With It's Documentation #####
$ sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc

# Start Apache (it should already be started) #####
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start


# Test Apache #####

Type on Mozilla Firefox: http://127.0.0.1/
It souhld read: It works!

Note: The message "It works!" can be found at the /var/www
directorie, which is apaches's root directory, wich is were
we will install SMF.



# Instaling MySQL and PHP necessary Dependencies #####

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
Type in mySQL's root password in the upcoming textbox.

$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 libapache2-mod-perl2

$ sudo apt-get install php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-curl php5-dev php5-gd php5-imap php5-ldap

$ sudo apt-get install php5-mhash php5-mysql php5-odbc curl libwww-perl imagemagick



# Extract SMF #####

$ unzip smf_1-1-7_install.zip



# Installing SMF in Apache #####

# Copy SMF to /var/www (apache root dir)
$ sudo cp -vr smf_1-1-7_install /var/www



# Give Apache Ownership Over SMF Files (apache-user: www-data) #####

$ sudo chown www-data -vR /var/www/smf_1-1-7_install/*


# Restart Apache #####

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart


# Delete Apache's Test Page #####

$ sudo rm -rf /var/www/index.html



# Configuring SMF #####

Type on Mozilla Firefox:
http://127.0.0.1/smf_1-1-7_install/install.php
and configure SMF acording to the presented instructions.


Now your forum is on:

http://127.0.0.1/smf_1-1-7_install/index.php
or
http://127.0.0.1/smf_1-1-7_install/