View source for Manual installation of Moodle 2.0 on Mythbuntu using Git

==Introduction==

This is probably an unrealistic scenario but it stemmed from a question asked in the forums and the results might be useful to others. This was done on Mythbuntu 10.10. Mythbuntu is one of the Ubuntu derivatives, in this case providing a Linux based TV package. It comes with PHP, Apache and MySQL installed having its own web-based controller.  

There was no intention to provide a fully secured production server. This just gets basic Moodle working on 'localhost'.

This should also work fine for ordinary Ubuntu with the noted changes.

==Install Mythbuntu==

* Install [http://www.mythbuntu.org/ Mythbuntu] or ordinary [http://ubuntu.org/ Ubuntu Desktop] using (if in doubt) default settings
* Log in and exit MythTV application (using Escape Key) (not on Ubuntu)
* '''Mythbuntu''': Run Firefox and ensure that 'mythweb' is running at localhost (proving the web server is running)

==Basic Setup==

* Open a terminal window (from Applications>Accessories)
* become root (and stay there right through this), install some additional software (git and php extras Moodle needs):
<pre>
sudo su  (you will need to enter your password)
apt-get update
apt-get install git git-core git-doc
apt-get install php5-gd php5-curl php5-intl php5-xmlrpc
</pre>

if ordinary ubuntu add the following to the above list
<pre>
apt-get install php5 mysql-server mysql-client apache2  php5-mysql
</pre>

* On Ubuntu (only), go to http://localhost/ and make sure you see 'It works!'

==Install Moodle code==

We're going to use Git to pull the latest code. You could just download it, but this is more fun! The chmod is so the installer can write the config file.

<pre>
cd /var/www
git clone git://git.moodle.org/moodle.git
chmod 0777 moodle
</pre>

* The moodle code location (for installation) is /var/www/moodle

==Create the data area==

You can create this where you like (more or less) but I will do...

<pre>
mkdir /var/moodledata
chmod 0777 /var/moodledata
</pre>

* The moodle data location (for installation) is /var/moodledata

==Create the database==

You will need the root database password. Unless you have changed it, this is same as your login password (or whatever you set up when you installed MySQL above). 

<pre>
mysql -u root -p
(asks for password here)
mysql> create database moodle default character set utf8;
mysql> grant all on moodle.* to moodleuser@localhost identified by 'mypassword';
mysql> exit
</pre>

'''Notes:'''
* don't type 'mysql>', that's just the prompt from the mysql client.
* The ''grant'' command creates the MySQL account 'moodleuser' with the supplied password and gives it rights to the moodle database all in one command. 
* Set 'mypassword' to something you make up. This is the password for your moodle database
* When you install moodle the database is called 'moodle', the database user 'moodleuser' and the password as above

==Configure apache==

'''NOTE TO UBUNTU USERS''': If you are following these instructions for vanilla Ubuntu then you can ignore this step. The default Apache configuration will 'just work'.

Apache is configured for mythweb so needs a small tweak to work:

<pre>
cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
</pre>

Use your favourite editor to edit the file  default-mythbuntu. After the closing </Directory> on (or about) line 15 add:

<pre>
    <Directory /var/www/moodle/>
        DirectoryIndex index.php
        order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
</pre>

make sure you do not add any spaces in 'allow,deny'. Save and exit.

Restart Apache:

<pre>
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
</pre>

(A force-reload will not be enough).

==Install Moodle==

Open Firefox and go to address http://localhost/moodle
You should be able to install Moodle using the information indicated above

==and finally==

<pre>
chmod 0755 /var/www/moodle
exit
</pre>

==a quick note on updating==

Because we installed using Git, updating Moodle becomes surprisingly simple. Using the repository we did gives you the latest weekly at any time. If it matters, do a backup first then:

<pre>
sudo su
chmod /var/www/moodle
git pull
exit
</pre>

Then go to the Site administration > Notifications page in Moodle to complete the upgrade.

==Troubleshooting==

* Most errors will turn up in the web server logs. Always check there first - /var/log/apache2/errors.log
* If you need to change things like file upload sizes you need to edit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and then restart the web server with 'sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart'

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