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This is a guide for building, installing and setting up Nextant for NextCloud on FreeBSD 11.

WARNING: Nextant is currently EOL and has been replaced with fulltextsearch and elasticsearch.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  pkg update && pkg upgrade
  

• Install a few dependencies:
  

  pkg install curl git gmake php-composer npm rsync
  

• Check that fulltextsearch is enabled:
  

  cd /usr/local/www/nextcloud
  sudo -u nextcloud php ./occ app:list
  

  • If it is not enabled, do so by running:
    

    sudo -u nextcloud php ./occ app:enable fulltextsearch
    

Build Nextant¶

• Download and clone the latest Nextant repo:
  

  cd /usr/local/www/nextcloud/apps
  git clone https://github.com/nextcloud/nextant.git
  cd nextant
  

• Build Nextant:
  

  gmake
  

• Enable nextant:
  

  cd /usr/local/www/nextcloud
  sudo -u nextcloud php ./occ app:enable nextant
  

• Login to the NextCloud Admin section and go to Additional Settings to locate the Nextant configuration, and update the config accordingly.

Resources¶

• https://github.com/nextcloud/nextant