Installation
Data directory
Branding
Upgrading from oc7 to oc8
Upgrading ownCloud on Debian Stable to official packages
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ownCloud Server

Installation guide for ownCloud 7.-0, OBSOLETE.

Installation

echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/community/Debian_7.0/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud.list 
apt-get update
apt-get install owncloud
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/community/Debian_7.0/Release.key
apt-key add - < Release.key

Make the following modifications to your settings file, which allows access to ownCloud from WAN, LAN, and the server. “lanname” is the local machines name served to clients within the LAN:

'trusted_domains' =>
array (
  0 => 'localhost',1 => 'wwww.domain.com',2 => 'lanname'
),

Note that while you enter “user” as login, the real username for MySQL login and others is “oc_user”. I needed to modify the permissions manually to make this work.

Data directory

You might want to move the default data directory to a path within your home directory. To do so, rename /var/www/owncloud/data and establish a symlink:

ln -s /home/user/cloud /var/www/owncloud/data

Afterwards, copy all files from the default location, including the hidden files.

Branding

Modify the copyright text and display in the footer by creating “default.php” in /themes/your-theme-name/. Copy “default.php” from /lib/private/, rename the class to “OC_Theme”, and modify as needed. Functions which do not change the output do not need to be repeated in the theme default.php file.

Activate the theme in /config/config.php by adding:

'theme' => 'mytheme',

Upgrading from oc7 to oc8

The live upgrade did not work for me, I had to do a clean install and then resync all the data again.

# apt-get update
# apt-get remove owncloud owncloud-server owncloud-config-apache
# apt-get install owncloud owncloud-server owncloud-config-apache

After installation, open the web interface and select MySQL database, then click Install.

Restore directories

Either copy a backup of the directory with the hidden .ownCloud files to the correct directory of the server
or, delete the hidden .ownCloud files
delete all files on all the clients, or move them to a safe place
then establish the cloud directory links
move the files back on one of the clients (the one with the most recent versions)

Notes

The Notes app does not belong to oc8, as it is replaced with ownNotes. However, as of today, there is no iOS app yet. To install the previous Notes app, go to ownCloud's apps directory, then:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install git
# cd /var/www/owncloud/apps
# git clone https://github.com/owncloud/notes.git

To update the Notes app:

# cd /var/www/owncloud/apps/notes
# git pull --rebase origin master

See ownCloud / Notes

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