Installing Joomla on Ubuntu Linux

This tutorial will show you all the steps required to install Joomla on Ubuntu Linux.

This tutorial was tested on Ubuntu 18.04.

Table of Contents

Installing MySQL on Ubuntu Linux
Install Apache on Ubuntu Linux
Install Joomla on Ubuntu Linux
Configure Joomla on Ubuntu Linux

1. Install MySQL on Ubuntu Linux

Joomla requires a database system to store all its configuration.

Use the Ubuntu APT command to install the MySQL server.

# apt-get update
# apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

Use the following command to access the MySQL service console.

# mysql -u root -p

On the MySQL console, you need to perform the following tasks:

• Create a database named joomla.
• Create a MySQL user account named joomla.
• Give full control over the joomla database to the joomla user.

CREATE DATABASE joomla CHARACTER SET UTF8 COLLATE UTF8_BIN;
CREATE USER 'joomla'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'kamisama123';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla.* TO 'joomla'@'%';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit;

2. Install Apache on Ubuntu Linux

Joomla requires a web server with PHP support to present its web pages.

Use the Ubuntu APT command to install the Apache server.

# apt-get update
# apt-get install apache2 php7.2 php7.2-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.2
# apt-get install php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xml php7.2-zip

Optional. Install the Apache most used PHP modules.

# apt-get install php7.2-curl php7.2-gd php7.2-readline php7.2-ldap
# apt-get install php7.2-bz2 php7.2-curl php7.2-cli php7.2-xmlrpc
# apt-get install php7.2-json php7.2-opcache php-cas

Enable Apache mod_rewrite.

Edit the apache2.conf file.

# a2enmod rewrite
# vi /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Add the following lines at the end of apache2.conf

<Directory /var/www/html>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Find the location of the PHP configuration file on your system.

Edit the php.ini configuration file.

# updatedb
# locate php.ini
# vi /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini

Your PHP version may not be the same as ours.

Your PHP configuration file location may not be the same as ours.

Here is the file with our configuration.

file_uploads = On
max_execution_time = 300
memory_limit = 256M
post_max_size = 32M
max_input_time = 60
max_input_vars = 4440
output_buffering = off

Restart the Apache web server manually.

# service apache2 restart
# service apache2 status

Verify the Apache service status.

● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled)
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
└─apache2-systemd.conf
Active: active (running) since Mon 2018-12-03 03:41:12 -02; 2 days ago

3. Install Joomla on Ubuntu Linux

After finishing the MySQL and the Apache configuration, we can start the Joomla installation.

Download the Joomla latest version and extract the package.

# cd /tmp
# wget -O joomla_3-9-1-stable-full_package-tar.gz https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-9-1/joomla_3-9-1-stable-full_package-tar-gz?format=gz
# tar -zxvf joomla_3-9-1-stable-full_package-tar.gz

Move the Joomla folder inside your Apache root drive directory.

Give the www-data user full control over the Joomla directory and its files.

# mv joomla /var/www/html/
# chown www-data.www-data /var/www/html/joomla/* -R