Linux Package Manager Installation

Introduction

You can use the packetmanager installation, but it is not recommended to do so. This is because sometimes dependencies are acting against each other like ownCloud version, minimum PHP version and Linux distribution restrictions. Anyone who runs a package manager installation should consider migrating to a manual installation to overcome this situation.

Add the ownCloud Repository

Before you can install owncloud-files, you need to add ownCloud’s package repository to your distribution’s package manager.

Package managers should only be used for single-server setups. For production environments, we recommend installing from the tar archive.

Available Packages

The recommended package to use is owncloud-complete-files. It only installs ownCloud, and does not install Apache, a database, or any of the required PHP dependencies.

Avoid Automatic Upgrades

If you are installing ownCloud using one of the various Linux package managers, we strongly recommend that you avoid automatically updating the owncloud-complete-files package, when running a system update or upgrade and when upgrading other packages. That way, there are no surprise changes (whether positive or negative) to your ownCloud installation.

Here are the ways to do so for APT, Yum, and Zypper.

APT

If you are using APT, use apt-mark hold to mark the owncloud-complete-files package as held. Here’s an example of how to do so:

apt-mark hold owncloud-complete-files

To see if owncloud-complete-files has already been held, use the showhold command, as in the following example. If it’s printed out to the console, then it’s being held.

apt-mark showhold owncloud-complete-files

To unset owncloud-complete-files as held back, use the unhold command, as in the example below.

apt-mark unhold owncloud-complete-files

Yum

If you are using Yum, there are two options that you can take to lock packages from being upgraded. You can:

  1. Add exclude=owncloud-complete-files to /etc/yum.conf

  2. Use the versionlock plugin for Yum.

The VersionLock Plugin

If the versionlock plugin is not installed, install it by running:

yum install yum-plugin-versionlock

When it is installed, you can lock owncloud-complete-files run:

yum versionlock add owncloud-complete-files

To confirm that it is locked, run:

yum versionlock list

To unlock owncloud-complete-files, run:

yum versionlock delete owncloud-complete-files

Zypper

If you are using Zypper, use the addlock or al commands. Similar to apt-mark hold these add a package lock that prevents the package from being modified. The example below shows how to use the command to lock owncloud-complete-files.

zypper addlock owncloud-complete-files

To see if the package has already been locked, use the locks command. If owncloud-complete-files is already locked, then you will see output similar to the below example.

# | Name                    | Type    | Repository
--+-------------------------+---------+-----------
1 | owncloud-complete-files | package | (any)

To unlock owncloud-complete-files, if it is already locked, use the removelocks or rl commands, as in the example below.

zypper removelock owncloud-complete-files

Installing ownCloud Community Edition

The package comes without dependencies which means, that the server will not directly run after installing it.

To get the dependencies installed and configured, follow one of the guides provided in section Manual Installation on Linux

See the system_requirements for the recommended ownCloud setup and supported platforms.

First, install your own LAMP stack, as doing so allows you to create your own custom LAMP stack without dependency conflicts with the ownCloud package. Then download and install from ownCloud’s package repository

The ownCloud server is designed to work with different databases and different web-servers, in a large range of configurations.

Do not move the folders provided by these packages after the installation, as this will break updates.

What is the Correct Version?

Package versions are composed of a major, a minor, and a patch number, such as 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.0.1, and 10.9.1. The second number represents a major release, and the third number represents a minor release.

Major Releases

If you want to follow either of the most recent major releases, then substitute version with either 9.0 or 10.0.

Minor Releases

If you want to follow any of the four most recent patch releases, then substitute version with one of 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4 or 10.9.1. Following a minor release avoids you accidentally upgrading to the next major release before you’re ready.

The Latest Stable Version

Alternatively you can use stable for the latest stable version. If you do, you never have to change it as it always tracks the current stable ownCloud version through all major releases.

Installing ownCloud Enterprise Edition

See the enterprise installation guide for instructions on installing ownCloud Enterprise edition.

Downgrading

Downgrading is not supported and risks corrupting your data! If you want to revert to an older ownCloud version, install it from scratch and then restore your data from backup. Before doing this, file a support ticket (if you have paid support) or ask for help in the ownCloud forums to see if your issue can be resolved without downgrading.

Additional Guides and Notes

See installation_wizard for important steps, such as choosing the best database and setting correct directory permissions. See the SELinux Configuration Guide for a suggested configuration for SELinux-enabled distributions such as Fedora and CentOS.

If your distribution is not listed, your Linux distribution may maintain its own ownCloud packages or you may prefer to install from source.

Archlinux

The current client stable version is in the official community repository, more packages are in the Arch User Repository.

Note for MySQL/MariaDB environments

Please refer to MySQL / MariaDB with Binary Logging Enabled on how to correctly configure your environment if you have binary logging enabled.

Running ownCloud in a sub-directory

If you’re running ownCloud in a sub-directory and want to use CalDAV or CardDAV clients, make sure you have configured the correct service discovery URLs.