This is just a note to myself. I had built a web server on – of all things – Elementary Linux 5.1. I never had any issues with open source software packages (WordPress, forum software, etc.) but Matomo would not install. I don’t have a copy of the error, exactly, but it was something like, “Mysql client version is incompatible with server version MariaDB-x.x”. I had built a similar server on Mint 20 and I just installed Matomo – it worked fine.
Since I am running PHP 8.0 I did not install the newest version of Matomo – I used version piwik-4.0.4 – click to download.
New – WordPress Plugin Required
Okay, this is all new: This thing does not work without a wordpress plugin which you can download here.
Learn More About Matomo and Feel Smart
You can go here and watch some promo videos…..like this: