chmod 777 is a bad practice
git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git mywebsite
cd mywebsite
- util/composer.phar install
+ bin/composer.phar install
- Make sure the folder *view/smarty3* exists and is writable by the webserver user
+ Make sure the folder *view/smarty3* exists and is writable by the webserver user, in this case `www-data`
mkdir view/smarty3
- chmod 777 view/smarty3
+ chown www-data:www-data view/smarty3
+ chmod 775 view/smarty3
Get the addons by going into your website folder.