Installing Flarum Dev-Master

Frink

I have been trying to install a dev-master version of Flarum, but it never seems to work. I tried the method on the contributing guide in github, but that didn't work either. Is there a specific guide somewhere with step-by-step instructions? I am running Ubuntu 16.04

luceos

Frink this is the procedure:

git clone git@github.com:flarum/flarum.git <target directory>
cd <target directory>

Replace the contents of the composer.json with this:

{
    "name": "flarum/flarum",
    "description": "Delightfully simple forum software.",
    "type": "project",
    "keywords": ["forum", "discussion"],
    "homepage": "http://flarum.org",
    "license": "MIT",
    "authors": [
        {
            "name": "Toby Zerner",
            "email": "toby.zerner@gmail.com"
        },
        {
            "name": "Franz Liedke",
            "email": "franz@develophp.org"
        }
    ],
    "support": {
        "issues": "https://github.com/flarum/core/issues",
        "source": "https://github.com/flarum/flarum",
        "docs": "http://flarum.org/docs"
    },
    "require": {
        "flarum/core": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/akismet": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/approval": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/auth-facebook": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/auth-github": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/auth-twitter": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/bbcode": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/emoji": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/lang-english": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/flags": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/likes": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/lock": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/markdown": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/mentions": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/pusher": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/statistics": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/sticky": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/subscriptions": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/suspend": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flarum/tags": "dev-master as 0.1",
        "flagrow/split": "dev-master as 99",
        "flagrow/bazaar": "dev-master as 99",
        "flagrow/upload": "dev-master as 99"
    },
    "config": {
        "preferred-install": "dist"
    },
    "minimum-stability": "beta",
    "prefer-stable": true,
    "repositories": {
      "workbench": {
        "type": "path",
        "url": "workbench/*/"
      }
    }
}

Then run:

composer update

Please understand I've left some flagrow packages in so you see what I did to include them from the workbench directory. Remove these were needed and replace one to suit your needs.

This assumes you have a workbench set up.

ONLY INSTALL DEV-MASTER PACKAGES FOR DEVELOPMENT! IT'S HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND VOLATILE.

Frink

luceos Ok, thanks! I am looking to set up my extension for use with beta8. I will try this this afternoon, got to go to school. Yesterday was a snow day, but today isn't ?

clarkwinkelmann

I just tried an install and noticed something. The installer page does not show up if the url is not /. Which means you have to set up a virtualhost so the public folder is at <http/https>://<domain/ip>/

When using a virtualhost (or the php dev server inside the public folder) I can install the latest dev-master fine following luceos instructions.

And as a foot note, if you don't know why using sudo will make a difference, this means you probably shouldn't run it as sudo. You can only mess up things if you don't know what you're doing.

Broxi

I'm aware of that dev-master is not supported. But I'm very new to flarum, composer and git, so I came to some trouble installing dev-master. Main reason to get it installed is to prepare my conversion-script for SMF2 to the new structures comming with beta-8.
For 1st, I'm not able to git clone using given command from luceos, so I started with cloning it using git clone https://github.com/flarum/flarum.git .. So far, this was working and as well composer update worked after modifying the composer.json.
At this point, I see the first issue which is, that php flarum -V shows 0.1.0-beta.7 and not the expected beta-8 or dev-master. Unfortunally I started the installation and stuck after entering all information in the form (database, user, password, ....) as it stops with an error telling me "Soemthing went wrong: Class cache.store does not exist".
Even the installation via SSH stops with same error (additionally telling the location of the error where it occured "In Container.php line 752").
What did I do wrong ?

PHP v7.1.23
Apache 2.4.25
Debian stretch

Pirat

luceos I get this error
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'Flarum\Forum\Server' not found in C:\xampp\htdocs\beta\index.php:14 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\beta\index.php on line 14

How do i fix it?

PHP 7.1

Frink

Would I browse to the public directory when accessing the forum?

luceos

Frink you'd need to reconfigure your forum to serve the public directory instead of the flarum root.

matotubol

luceos How do i install it on windows?
i tried to install normal flarum and then update composer but i get

PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class 'Flarum\\Forum\\Server' not found in www\\flarum\\index.php:14

Frink

luceos OK, Thanks!

Frink

luceos I am getting an HTTP Error 500 when I try to access the http://dev.flarum/flarum/public/ (that is a local domain). In the console, I see dev.flarum/ Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error)

php flarum info returns

PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to Illuminate\Database\Connectors\ConnectionFactory::make() must be of the type array, null given, called in /var/www/flarumdev/flarum/vendor/flarum/core/src/Database/DatabaseServiceProvider.php on line 28 and defined in /var/www/flarumdev/flarum/vendor/illuminate/database/Connectors/ConnectionFactory.php:43
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/flarumdev/flarum/vendor/flarum/core/src/Database/DatabaseServiceProvider.php(28): Illuminate\Database\Connectors\ConnectionFactory->make(NULL)
#1 /var/www/flarumdev/flarum/vendor/illuminate/container/Container.php(749): Flarum\Database\DatabaseServiceProvider->Flarum\Database\{closure}(Object(Flarum\Foundation\Application), Array)
#2 /var/www/flarumdev/flarum/vendor/illuminate/container/Container.php(631): Illuminate\Container\Container->build(Object(Closure))
#3 /var/www/flarumdev/flarum/vendor/illuminate/container/Container.php(586): Illuminate\Container\Container->resolve('flarum.db', Array)
#4 /var/www/flarumdev/flarum/vendor/flarum/core/s in /var/www/flarumdev/flarum/vendor/illuminate/database/Connectors/ConnectionFactory.php on line 43

Is my PHP version out of date? php -v returns

PHP 7.0.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 (cli) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.0.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, Copyright (c) 1999-2017, by Zend Technologies

apache2 -v returns

Server version: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)
Server built:   2017-09-18T15:09:02

Any ideas as to what's up?

clarkwinkelmann

Frink can you check your config.php ? is the database correctly configured ?

Frink

clarkwinkelmann Where is the config.php located?

clarkwinkelmann

it should be at the root of the install (alongside the public folder.

Did you reach the installation step ? It might not yet be there if you didn't do the install step. Strange to get that error if no config file exists though.

Frink

clarkwinkelmann It never let me get to the install step, and there is no config.php file..... what page would I visit to get to the installer?

Frink

I am still experiencing this issue.

luceos

Frink please.. As said countless times before, beta 8 is volatile and unstable. There's absolutely no reason to mention a core developer like this.

I'm sorry, it really seems like I'm just bashing around on the same person, but that might be related to having to repeat the same thing every time.

If you encounter an issue with the latest dev-master, check the github repository for a related issue. If it does not exist, feel free to open one by providing at least the steps to reproduce.

flarum/core1370 seems I reported exactly the same issue 20 days ago.

jordanjay29

Frink please note that we don't provide support for issues with dev-master or any unreleased version of Flarum. If you find bugs or issues that remain unsolvable, I suggest you wait for a more stable commit of dev-master or for the next beta release.

0E800

The confusion may be; or I may be mistaken, that discuss.flarum.org is using Master and it works.
Also, if you reply to a question, its safe to assume someone is going to @you when they run into complications.
Don't take it personally Sir Luceos, everyone prefers top-tier support ?

jordanjay29

0E800 it works because it has the direct attention of Toby. Obviously it would be impossible for our core devs to give individual attention to anyone who wanted to run dev-master, making Flarum.org the only such place where dev-master gets support.

Frink

Shall I wait for another commit, or should I try debugging and fixing the error (jerry-rigging) it myself?

0E800

Frink

I think you should try to make it work without the /public first.

luceos

Frink I suggest waiting for Franz (who was assigned this) to complete the issue, feel free to subscribe to t on github so you get notifications about it. Although from my reported issue it seems the web install wizard should still work.

luceos

0E800 the issue is unrelated to that, it's related to the database being instantiated in a scenario where the config wasn't available yet.

Frink

luceos how would I access the web install wizard?