BlogServer - WordPress Installation

• Proven on Mint 19.3 ... (Seems to get MySQL 5.7)
• Proven on Mint 20 ... (Gets MySQL 8.0)
• Proven on SparkyLinux 5.11 ... (You'll have to fix the missing MySQL thing & install vim first)
  • Getting MySQL onto SparkyLinux
• Proven on LMDE 4 ... (You'll have to fix the missing MySQL thing & install vim first)

NOTE: These instructions, as they stand, set up WordPress as just a part of your existing web site. (eg.: www.foo.bar/WP)

Install the LAMP Stack

Basic LAMP Stack Install

Install WordPress

• wget -c http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
• tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
• sudo rsync -av wordpress/* /var/www/html/WP/
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
• sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/
• sudo mysql -u root -p
  • To wipe the database if needed...
  • DROP DATABASE wp_Someblog;

CREATE DATABASE wp_Someblog;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wp_Someblog.* TO 'somebody'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

• sudo mv /var/www/html/WP/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/html/WP/wp-config.php
• sudo vim /var/www/html/WP/wp-config.php

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'wp_Someblog');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'somebody');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'somebody');
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

• sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
• sudo systemctl restart mysql.service

Extra Notes

Thing you might trip over

Some plugins require mod_rewrite & won't work without AllowOverride being enabled in apache2.conf.

• sudo vi /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Scroll down & find the <Directory /var/www/> block.

Change AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All

Save the file & restart Apache.