How to Install ProjeQtOr on Debian Latest

ProjeQtOr is an open-source project management software with several features such as project planning, task and time tracking, document management, invoicing, and more. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing ProjeQtOr on Debian latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation of ProjeQtOr, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A Debian latest server
• sudo access or root access to the server
• LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL or MariaDB, PHP) installed on the server

Step 1: Update and Upgrade Server

The first step is to update and upgrade your Debian server to the latest version. You can do this by running the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install Required Packages

ProjeQtOr requires some packages to work correctly. You can install them by running the following command:

sudo apt install php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-mysql php-mbstring

Step 3: Install ProjeQtOr

1. Download the latest version of ProjeQtOr from its official website:

wget https://download.forge.ow2.org/projeqtor/projeqtor_10.3.3-1_buster64.tar.gz

2. Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

tar xzvf projeqtor_10.3.3-1_buster64.tar.gz

3. Move the extracted directory to your web server's document root:

sudo mv projeqtor_10.3.3-1 /var/www/html/projeqtor

4. Change the ownership of the ProjeQtOr directory to the web server's user:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/projeqtor

Step 4: Create a Database for ProjeQtOr

1. Log in to your MySQL or MariaDB server:

mysql -u root -p

2. Create a new database and user for ProjeQtOr:

CREATE DATABASE projeqtor DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'projeqtoruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON projeqtor.* TO 'projeqtoruser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 5: Configure ProjeQtOr

1. Open your web browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip-or-domain/projeqtor.

2. Choose your language and click on the "OK" button.

3. In the next screen, enter the following information:

• Database server: localhost
• Database name: projeqtor
• Database user: projeqtoruser
• Database password: password

4. Click on the "Check and install database" button.

5. Wait for the installation to complete.

6. Enter the following information in the next screen:

• Admin login: enter your desired username
• Admin password: enter your desired password
• Admin email: enter your email address

7. Click on the "Finish" button.

8. You will be redirected to the login page. Enter your admin credentials to access the ProjeQtOr dashboard.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully installed ProjeQtOr on your Debian latest server. You can now start using ProjeQtOr to manage your projects.

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