nextcloud-docs/admin_manual/installation/apps_management_installation.rst

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Installing and Managing Apps
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After installing ownCloud, you may provide added functionality by installing 
applications.

Enterprise Subscription Supported Apps
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See :doc:`../enterprise_installation/supported_apps_installation` for a list of 
supported Enterprise Subscription apps.

Viewing Enabled Apps
--------------------

During the ownCloud installation, some apps are enabled by default. To see which 
apps are enabled go to your Apps page.

.. figure:: ../images/oc_admin_app_page.png
   :scale: 50%
   
   *Click to enlarge*

You will see which apps are enabled, not enabled, and recommended. You'll also 
see additional filters, such as Multimedia and Productivity for finding 
apps quickly. The ``More apps`` link takes you to the ownCloud Apps Store, and 
the ``Add your app`` link takes you to the ownCloud Developer Manual.

Re-enabling Contacts and Calendar Apps
--------------------------------------

The Contacts and Calendar apps are unsupported community apps, and by 
default are not enabled or installed in ownCloud 8. You may easily install and 
enable them by clicking on the Productivity filter, and then clicking the **Enable** 
buttons for both apps. This will download and enable them.

If you were using Contacts and Calendar in previous versions of ownCloud, and 
you upgraded to ownCloud 8, your Contacts and Calendar data are still in your 
ownCloud database. Installing and enabling them in ownCloud 8 will 
automatically restore your data.

Managing Apps
-------------

In the Apps page you can enable or disable applications. Some apps have  
configurable options on the Apps page, such as **Enable only for specific 
groups**, but mainly they are enabled or disabled here, and are configured on 
your ownCloud Admin page, Personal page, or in ``config.php``.

Adding Third Party Apps
-----------------------

Some apps are developed and supported by ownCloud directly, while other apps are 
created by third parties and available for your ownCloud server installation.  
Apps developed by the ownCloud community show a *recommended* designation. Any 
apps that are not developed by ownCloud but have been reviewed by the ownCloud 
security team show a *3rd party* designation. Install unsupported apps at your 
own risk.

To understand what an application does, you can click the app name to view a 
description of the app and any of the app settings in the Application View 
field.  Clicking the *Enable* button will enable the app.  If the app is not 
part of the ownCloud installation, it will be downloaded from the app store, 
installed and enabled. 

You can view new, unreviewed or unstable applications in the 
`ownCloud Apps Store <http://apps.owncloud.com/>`_.

To view or install apps from the ownCloud Apps Store:

1. Scroll to the bottom of the Apps Information Field.

2. Click *More apps*.

   The ownCloud Apps Store launches.

3. Read about any of the apps in the ownCloud Apps Store and download any that you like.

4. Extract a downloaded compressed file and place the contents (which should 
   themselves be contained in a folder with the app name) in the apps folder in 
   your ownCloud installation, typically ``owncloud/apps``.

5. Ensure the permissions and ownership are similar to the other ownCloud apps. 
   Typically, access rights are **rwxr-x---**, or **0750** in octal notation, 
   and the owner and group are your HTTP user. On CentOS this is ``apache``, 
   Debian/Ubuntu is ``www-data``, and on openSUSE is it ``wwwrun:www``.

Sometimes the installation of a third-party app fails silently, possibly because
``'appcodechecker' => true,`` is enabled in ``config.php``. When ``appcodechecker`` is 
enabled it checks if third-party apps are using the private API, rather than the public 
API. If they are then they will not be installed.

.. note:: If you would like to create or add your own ownCloud app, please use the 
    *Add your App...* button on the same page. This button redirects you to the 
    `App Development documentation 
    <https://doc.owncloud.org/server/9.0/developer_manual/app/index.html>`_,
    where you can find information about creating and adding your own apps.

Using Custom App Directories
----------------------------

Use the **apps_paths** array in `config.php` to set any custom apps directory 
locations. The key **path** defines the absolute file system path to the app 
folder. The key **url** defines the HTTP web path to that folder, starting at 
the ownCloud web root. The key **writable** indicates if a user can install apps 
in that folder.

.. note:: To ensure that the default **/apps/** folder only contains apps 
   shipped with ownCloud, follow this example to setup an **/apps2/** folder 
   which will be used to store all other apps.

.. code-block:: php

  <?php

    "apps_paths" => array (
        0 => array (
                "path"     => OC::$SERVERROOT."/apps",
                "url"      => "/apps",
                "writable" => false,
        ),
        1 => array (
                "path"     => OC::$SERVERROOT."/apps2",
                "url"      => "/apps2",
                "writable" => true,
        ),
    ),

Using Your Own Appstore
-----------------------

You can enable the installation of apps from your own apps store. This requires that you 
can write to at least one of the configured apps directories.

To enable installation from your own apps store:

1. Set the **appstoreenabled** parameter to "true".

   This parameter is used to enable your apps store in ownCloud.

2. Set the **appstoreurl** to the URL of your ownCloud apps store.

   This parameter is used to set the http path to the ownCloud apps store. The appstore 
   server must use :abbr:`OCS (Open Collaboration Services)`.

.. code-block:: php

  <?php

    "appstoreenabled" => true,
    "appstoreurl" => "http://api.apps.owncloud.com/v1",