Install Joomla on OpenSUSE

This guide will take you through how to install Joomla on OpenSUSE. Joomla is a content management system (CMS) used to build websites like user communities, photo galleries, and e-Commerce. With the assistance of Open Source Matters, Inc.’s administrative, financial, and legal resources, it is created by a team of volunteers.

How to Install Joomla on OpenSUSE

In this example, we will use the LAMP stack to install Joomla on OpenSUSE. Check out our article on how to install LAMP on OpenSUSE.

Install LAMP Stack on OpenSUSE

After installing the LAMP stack, install the extension below.

sudo zypper install php8-zlib

Create Joomla Database on OpenSUSE

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create database.

CREATE DATABASE Joomla_db;

Next, create a database user and password.

CREATE USER 'joomla_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Joomla_password';

Give privileges to the user.

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON Joomla_db.* TO 'joomla_user'@'localhost';

Flush privileges.

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Exit MariaDB.

exit;

Sample output

Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 9
Server version: 10.6.7-MariaDB MariaDB package

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE Joomla_db;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'joomla_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Joomla_password';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.021 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON Joomla_db.* TO 'joomla_user'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.009 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> exit;
Bye

Install Joomla on OpenSUSE

Check the latest download link from the Joomla download page.

wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-1-5/Joomla_4-1-5-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip

Create a Joomla directory inside /srv/www/htdocs/ using the command below.

sudo mkdir /srv/www/htdocs/joomla

To the directory, you just created, unzip Joomla.

sudo unzip Joomla_4-1-5-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip -d /srv/www/htdocs/joomla

Give Apache permissions.

sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/

sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/www/htdocs/

Joomla Apache virtual host configuration

Create Apache virtual host configuration file.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/joomla.conf

Enter the configuration settings below. Change www.yourexampledomain.com with your domain name.

<virtualhost *:80>
servername www.yourexampledomain.com
documentroot "/srv/www/htdocs/joomla/"
<directory "/srv/www/htdocs/">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</directory>
</virtualhost>