Open Source POS is a free and open-source point-of-sale application that can be used for managing inventory, sales, and customer data. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Open Source POS on Arch Linux.
Before installing Open Source POS, you will need the following:
Before installing any new software, it is a good practice to update the system to the latest version by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Open Source POS requires several dependencies to be installed on the system. Run the following command to install the necessary packages:
sudo pacman -S php php-gd mariadb apache
During the installation process, you will be prompted to enter a password for the MariaDB root user. Choose a strong password and remember it as you will need it later.
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that is used to manage the packages required by Open Source POS. Run the following command to install Composer:
sudo pacman -S composer
First, navigate to the directory where you want to download Open Source POS. We will use the home directory in this example.
cd ~
Next, clone the Open Source POS repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/opensourcepos/opensourcepos.git
Change the ownership of the Open Source POS directory to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R http httpd:opensourcepos
Finally, install the dependencies using Composer:
cd opensourcepos
composer install
Create a new Virtual Host for Open Source POS by creating a file in the Apache configuration directory:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/opensourcepos.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_domain.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/opensourcepos
<Directory /path/to/opensourcepos>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/opensourcepos_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/opensourcepos_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace your_domain.com and /path/to/opensourcepos with your own domain name and directory path.
Next, enable the new Virtual Host and restart Apache:
sudo a2ensite opensourcepos.conf
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Log in to MariaDB as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the previously set MariaDB root password.
Next, create a new database user and password:
CREATE USER 'opensourcepos'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Replace password with a strong password.
Create a new database and grant all privileges to the new user:
CREATE DATABASE opensourcepos;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON opensourcepos.* TO 'opensourcepos'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit MariaDB:
exit
Open a web browser and navigate to your Open Source POS installation at https://your_domain.com. Complete the installation by following the on-screen instructions.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Open Source POS on Arch Linux!
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