WOW-TO install “PLAYSMS 1.0-rc9” on “RASPBERRY PI 2 B”

note: playsms is a free and universal sms-gateway

v1.2.0 [20150502]

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Links:

This is a short and comprehensive introduction how to install “playSMS” freeware onto a Raspberry Pi 2 B, you can use by your webbroser in a very simple way. As old versions are no longer recommended. I tried to install version 1.0-rc9:

http://playsms.org/the-last-rc-version-for-1-0-has-been-released-1-0-rc9/#more-580

This was not so easy as supposed. But i did it and refurbished this WOW-TO :)

Requirements:

sudo bash

sudo apt-get install -y rpi-update

sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Raspberry Pi 2 B
Operating System Linux (distro debian whezzy)

see another WOW-TO

Web server software (for example Apache2, nginx or lighttpd)

see another WOW-TO

Database Server MySQL 5.x.x or latest stable release

see another WOW-TO

PHP 5.3 or latest stable release (must be at least version 5.3)

see another WOW-TO

PHP MySQL module must be installed and enabled

see other WOW-TO

PHP CLI must be installed

sudo apt-get install -y php5-cli

PHP PEAR and PHP PEAR-DB must be installed correctly

sudo apt-get install -y php-pear php-apc

PHP gettext extension must be installed and enabled for text translation

sudo apt-get install -y php-gettext

PHP mbstring extension must be installed and enabled for unicode detection

sudo apt-get install -y libapache2-mod-php5

PHP GD extension must be installed and enabled to draw graphs

sudo apt-get install -y php5-gd

Access to SMTP server to send e-mail

At least one console browser such as lynx, wget or curl should be installed

Downloaded playSMS package from SF.net or latest source code from Github

Properly installed composer from https://getcomposer.org

see below

First installing steps

sudo bash

sudo apt-get install -y rpi-update

sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

uname -a

Linux raspberrypi 3.18.12-v7+ #782 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 28 19:54:13 BST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux

sudo reboot

sudo bash

sudo apt-get -y install mysql-server mysql-client apache2 php5 php5-cli php5-mysql php-gettext libapache2-mod-php5 php-pear php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-idn php5-imagick php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-mhash php5-ming php5-ps php5-pspell php5-recode php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-json php-pear php-apc php5-gd

When the mysql-server is installed, you will probably be asked a password during the installation process. Note this password!

Now, lets fetch the program file, here it is 1.0-rc9; just change this when new release:

wget https://github.com/antonraharja/playSMS/archive/1.0-rc9.tar.gz

sudo tar -zxf 1.0-rc9.tar.gz -C /usr/local/src/

rm 1.0-rc9.tar.gz

<info: next line only needed, when upgrading to a new release

sudo rm -R /var/www/playsms /var/spool/playsms /var/log/playsms /var/lib/playsms

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/playsms /var/spool/playsms /var/log/playsms /var/lib/playsms

sudo chown -R www-data /var/www/playsms /var/spool/playsms /var/log/playsms /var/lib/playsms

cd /usr/local/src/playSMS-1.0-rc9

https://github.com/antonraharja/playSMS/blob/master/INSTALL.md

There is also a very comfortable installing script available, you should use instead of the manual way described below, because of possible errors.

Follow just these steps::

cd /usr/local/src/playSMS-1.0-rc9

root@raspberrypi:/usr/local/src/playSMS-1.0-rc9#

ls -a

cp install.conf.dist install.conf

sudo nano install.conf

edit install.conf suiting to your needs

sudo ./install-play.sh

just follow the instructions

and you are done!

my congrats!

sudo cp -rR /usr/local/src/playSMS-1.0-rc9/web/* /var/www/playsms

Now, let’s create the playsms database in mysql and fill in the tables with right data.

mysqladmin -u root -p create playsms

You must enter the mysql password here

mysql -u root -p playsms < /usr/local/src/playSMS-1.0-rc9/db/playsms.sql

You must enter the mysql password here

sudo cp -a /var/www/playsms/config-dist.php /var/www/playsms/config.php

sudo nano /var/www/playsms/config.php

my password setting is not shown here. Fill in your passwort you noted above!

sudo mkdir -p /etc/default /usr/local/bin

sudo cp /usr/local/src/playSMS-1.0-rc9/daemon/linux/etc/playsmsd.conf /etc/default/

sudo cp -rR /usr/local/src/playSMS-1.0-rc9/daemon/linux/bin/* /usr/local/bin/

To ensure, that PlaySMS is starting “automagically”, pls follow this step:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

pls, ake sure, that

/usr/local/bin/playsmsd_start

is filled in before

exit 0

< info about composer problem and how to solve:

Now here my steps how to solve thos composer thing.

1st i got this on screen

after a little digging i solved it, installing composer like this:

cd /usr/local/src/playSMS-1.0-rc9

sudo ./getcomposer.sh

then i copied it into the www directory

sudo cp -rR /usr/local/src/playSMS-1.0-rc9/web/* /var/www/playsms

Thus it worked fine

/info>

Installation has been finished now and we can start the program:

playsmsd start

You will reach playSMS typing into your browser:

http://raspberrypi/playsms

or e.g. IP= ip adress of Raspberry Pi 2 B

http://IP/playsms

1st login is: admin | admin

change admin-> manage gateway

Then just click on the correct button to activate smstools:

That’s all we had to do!

Here we go!

Have fun!

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ps: postfix on raspberry will be the next

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