How to install b2evolution on Linuxmint 18.03

To install b2evolution on Linuxmint 18.03
b2evolution is an open-source CMS, based on PHP and MySQL with the ability to run multiple blogs using one installation and one database without any need of external plugins. It contains features like file and photo management, advanced skinning, multiple domain support, detailed user permissions and W3C standards compliance.

Installation

Prerequisites

Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, and php7.2)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )

Php installation with required following modules

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
apt-get update
apt-get install php7.2 php7.2-mysql php7.2-curl php7.2-json php7.2-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-mcrypt php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-gd php7.2-mbstring php7.2  php7.2-common  php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-soap  php7.2-xml php7.2-intl 
php7.2-cli  php7.2-ldap php7.2-zip php7.2-readline php7.2-imap php7.2-tidy php7.2-recode php7.2-sq php7.2-intl

Download the b2evolution package using wget command

linuxhelp ~ # wget http://b2evolution.net/media/blogs/downloads/b2evolution-6.10.1-stable-2018-05-30.zip?mtime=1527694020
--2018-06-14 09:43:49--  http://b2evolution.net/media/blogs/downloads/b2evolution-6.10.1-stable-2018-05-30.zip?mtime=1527694020
Resolving b2evolution.net (b2evolution.net)... 50.22.201.156
Connecting to b2evolution.net (b2evolution.net)|50.22.201.156|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17933622 (17M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ b2evolution-6.10.1-stable-2018-05-30.zip?mtime=1527694020’ 
b2evolution-6.10.1-stabl 100%[=================================> ]  17.10M   251KB/s    in 83s     
2018-06-14 09:45:13 (211 KB/s) - ‘ b2evolution-6.10.1-stable-2018-05-30.zip?mtime=1527694020’  saved [17933622/17933622]

The downloaded package is a zip file, so Unzip the package using the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # unzip b2evolution-6.10.1-stable-2018-05-30.zip?mtime=1527694020
Archive:  b2evolution-6.10.1-stable-2018-05-30.zip?mtime=1527694020
   creating: b2evolution/
   creating: b2evolution/skins_email/
  inflating: b2evolution/skins_email/contact_message_new.html.php 
  inflating: b2evolution/skins_email/scheduled_task_error_report.txt.php 
  inflating: b2evolution/skins_email/comments_unmoderated_reminder.txt.php 
  inflating: b2evolution/skins_email/contact_message_new.txt.php 
  inflating: b2evolution/skins_email/index.html 
.
.
.
extracting: b2evolution/media/users/admin/faceyourmanga_admin_boy.png 
   creating: b2evolution/media/users/mary/
  inflating: b2evolution/media/users/mary/mary.jpg 
   creating: b2evolution/media/users/larry/
  inflating: b2evolution/media/users/larry/larry.jpg 
   creating: b2evolution/media/users/dave/
  inflating: b2evolution/media/users/dave/dave.jpg 
   creating: b2evolution/media/users/jay/
  inflating: b2evolution/media/users/jay/jay.jpg 
  inflating: b2evolution/media/sample.htaccess

Change the ownership and permission for b2evolution directory

linuxhelp ~ # ls
b2evolution  b2evolution-6.10.1-stable-2018-05-30.zip?mtime=1527694020
linuxhelp ~ # chmod -R www-data:www-data b2evolution
linuxhelp ~ # chmod -R 775 b2evolutio

Move the b2evolution directory into the /html location

linuxhelp ~ # mv b2evolution /var/www/html/

Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the b2evolution application

linuxhelp ~ # cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
linuxhelp sites-available # vim b2.conf
< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/b2evolution/
< Directory /var/www/html/b2evolution/> 
AllowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory> 
< /VirtualHost> 

Enable the site access

linuxhelp sites-available # a2ensite b2.conf
Enabling site b2.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 reload

Make an entry to the host file as follows

linuxhelp sites-available # vim /etc/hosts
< your ip address>      < your domain name> 

Restart the apache2 service

linuxhelp sites-available # systemctl restart apache2.service

Open a browser and type the following URL http://local IP (or ) domain name

The installation wizard of b2evolution will appear as shown below

Configure the database setup as follows

Setup the additional settings and click " update the config file" option

Choose the method of installation and Click Next

Once all the configurations are done Click on Install

You will see the progress of installation as shown

After the successful installation, you will see the following screen as shown below.

HomePage of b2evlotion

Log in page of b2evolution, using the credential that displays at the end of the installation.

After successful login, you will see the admin page of b2evolution cms

With this, the method to install b2evolution on Linuxmint 18.03 comes to an end