How to install Xibo CMS in Ubuntu

Now run the following command to setup LAMP Server.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 php5-curl php5-gd php5-mysql php5-mcrypt -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libaio1 libapache2-mod-php5 libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl
  libhtml-template-perl liblua5.1-0 libmcrypt4 libmysqlclient18 libterm-readkey-perl mysql-client-5.6 mysql-client-core-5.6 mysql-common mysql-server-5.6
  mysql-server-core-5.6 php5-cli php5-common php5-json php5-readline
Suggested packages:
  apache2-doc apache2-suexec-pristine apache2-suexec-custom php-pear libmldbm-perl libnet-daemon-perl libsql-statement-perl libipc-sharedcache-perl libmcrypt-dev mcrypt
  mailx tinyca php5-user-cache
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Enabling module mpm_prefork.
apache2_switch_mpm Switch to prefork
apache2_invoke: Enable module php5
Setting up php5 (5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (225-1ubuntu9) ...

Run the following command to start and enable the services for apache and mysql.

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl start apache2
root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl enable apache2 
apache2.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install
Executing /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable apache2
root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl start mysql
root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl enable mysql
Synchronizing state of mysql.service with SysV init with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install...
Executing /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable mysql

Download the Xibo CMS package by using the below command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo-cms/archive/1.7.5.tar.gz -O xibo-server.tar.gz 
--2016-09-16 15:32:20--  https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo-cms/archive/1.7.5.tar.gz
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/xibosignage/xibo-cms/tar.gz/1.7.5 [following]
--2016-09-16 15:32:22--  https://codeload.github.com/xibosignage/xibo-cms/tar.gz/1.7.5
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.121
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.253.121|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘ xibo-server.tar.gz’ 

xibo-server.tar.gz                             [                                       < =>                                                  ]   5.87M   179KB/s   in 35s    

2016-09-16 15:32:58 (171 KB/s) - ‘ xibo-server.tar.gz’  saved [6150908]

After downloading the package, extract it as shown below.

root@linuxhelp:~# ls 
Desktop  Documents  Downloads  examples.desktop  Music  Pictures  Public  Templates  Videos  xibo-server.tar.gz
root@linuxhelp:~# tar -xzvf xibo-server.tar.gz  
xibo-cms-1.7.5/
xibo-cms-1.7.5/.gitignore
xibo-cms-1.7.5/3rdparty/
xibo-cms-1.7.5/3rdparty/htmlpurifier/
xibo-cms-1.7.5/3rdparty/htmlpurifier/.gitignore
xibo-cms-1.7.5/3rdparty/htmlpurifier/README
xibo-cms-1.7.5/3rdparty/htmlpurifier/library/
xibo-cms-1.7.5/3rdparty/htmlpurifier/library/HTMLPurifier.auto.php
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xibo-cms-1.7.5/theme/default/libraries/momentjs/moment.js
xibo-cms-1.7.5/theme/default/libraries/morrisjs/
xibo-cms-1.7.5/theme/default/libraries/morrisjs/morris.css
xibo-cms-1.7.5/theme/default/libraries/morrisjs/morris.min.js
xibo-cms-1.7.5/theme/default/libraries/morrisjs/raphael.min.js
xibo-cms-1.7.5/theme/default/libraries/underscore/
xibo-cms-1.7.5/theme/default/libraries/underscore/underscore-min.js
xibo-cms-1.7.5/theme/index.html
xibo-cms-1.7.5/xmds.php

Rename the newly generated directory and move it into the default document root of apache after the extraction.

root@linuxhelp:~# mv xibo-cms-1.7.5 xibo
root@linuxhelp:~# ls 
Desktop  Documents  Downloads  examples.desktop  Music  Pictures  Public  Templates  Videos  xibo  xibo-server.tar.gz
root@linuxhelp:~# mv xibo /var/www/html/ 

Set the ownership for the xibo directory by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/xibo 

Create a directory for storing the media file and set the ownership for the directory by utilising the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# mkdir /media/xibocms-media
root@linuxhelp:~# chown www-data:www-data -R /media/xibocms-media/ 

Enable the mcrypt extension for php by adding the following entry into the mcrypt.ini file.

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini 
Entry:
  configuration for php MCrypt module
extension=/usr/lib/php5/20131226/mcrypt.so

And then create the soft link with the help of the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini
root@linuxhelp:~# ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini 

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2