Setting up OpenScholar on your Linux machine (detailed)

openscholar.sh

# 1. Installing LAMP stack

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server mysql-client php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql phpmyadmin
# Note: A few questions are asked during the installation of phpmyadmin. Select apache2 in the first window
# using spacebar and use Tabspace and Return key to select options. For most questions, give the recommended
# option else search the Internet.

# 1.1 Setup MySQL

sudo mysql_secure_installation
# Give the answers you feel good about.

# To run mysql commands for root user without sudo, try googling.

# 1.2 Getting /var/www/ directory with write permissions

sudo usermod -a -G www-data ${USER}
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
sudo chmod -R g+rwx /var/www
newgrp www-data

# 2. Getting additional tools for building OpenScholar

# 2.1 Composer

# 2.1.1 Installing dependencies for composer
sudo apt-get install curl php-cli php-mbstring git unzip

# 2.1.2 Getting the composer installer and installing
cd /tmp
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
cd
sudo chown -R ${USER}:${USER} ~/.composer

# 2.2 Drush 7
composer global require drush/drush:7.*
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin/"'>> $HOME/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# At this point check whether drush is working by running `drush` on the command line. If command not found,
# try again after running `echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin/"' >> $HOME/.bashrc`

# 2.3 NPM
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

# 2.3.1 Changing behavior of NPM requiring root access for package installation
mkdir ~/.npm-packages
npm config set prefix ~/.npm-packages
echo "# Node Package installation using NPM without root permissions" >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'PATH="$HOME/.npm-packages/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# 2.4 Bower
npm install -g bower

# 3. Download OpenScholar (latest: 3.88.8 as of 17/05/2018)

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://github.com/openscholar/openscholar/archive/SCHOLAR-3.88.8.tar.gz

# 4. Extract the tarball

tar -xf SCHOLAR-3.88.8.tar.gz

# Renaming the folder to openscholar

mv openscholar-SCHOLAR-3.88.8 openscholar

# 5. Building OpenScholar

cd ~/Downloads/openscholar
./scripts/build

# A PHP module in Drupal 7 shipped with OS 3.88.8 has a fatal error that interrupts the OpenScholar installation
# midway. To correct it, download the patch.

cd ~/Downloads/openscholar/openscholar/modules/contrib/oembed/
wget https://www.drupal.org/files/oembed-2021015-1.patch

# Apply the patch

patch < oembed-2021015-1.patch

# 6. Move the openscholar folder to /var/www/html/

cd
mv ~/Downloads/openscholar /var/www/html/

# 7. Grant necessary write permissions for installation

cd /var/www/html/openscholar/www/sites
chmod a+w ./default
cd default
cp ./default.settings.php ./settings.php
chmod a+w settings.php

# 8. Point your webserver(Apache) to /var/www/html/openscholar/www/

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
sudo touch ostest.conf

# Open ostest.conf with sudo rights in your favourite editor and copy the contents of the ostest.conf provided here.

# Enable the site
sudo a2ensite ostest.conf
 
# Reload apache
sudo service apache2 restart

# Point the site domain name(ostest.com) to localhost
# Open the hosts file with sudo (/etc/hosts) and add a line
# 127.0.0.1    ostest.com
# below   127.0.0.1    localhost   as shown in the attached hosts file.

# 9. Install the openscholar profile by visiting ostest.com/install.php on your browser

# 10. Go to localhost/phpmyadmin to create a new database of any name to use with OpenScholar
# 11. Follow the "image" instructions on https://github.com/openscholar/openscholar/wiki/Install-on-Drupal-7

sample (hosts)

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       ostest.com

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

sample (ostest.conf)

<VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin root@localhost
     ServerName oscse.com
     DocumentRoot /var/www/html/openscholar/www
     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

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