How to Install Easy!Appointments on Elementary OS

Easy!Appointments is an open-source web-based appointment scheduling and management software. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Easy!Appointments on your Elementary OS latest version.

So, let's get started!

Prerequisites

Before we begin the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Apache web server
• PHP
• MySQL database

Step 1: Download Easy!Appointments

Firstly, let's download the latest version of Easy!Appointments. To do this, open the terminal on your Elementary OS by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and then execute the following command:

wget https://github.com/alextselegidis/easyappointments/releases/download/1.5.3/easyappointments-1.5.3.zip

This will download the latest version of Easy!Appointments to your system.

Step 2: Extract Easy!Appointments

Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded zip file to the var/www/ directory using the following command:

sudo unzip easyappointments-1.5.3.zip -d /var/www/

Step 3: Create a New MySQL Database

Next, let's create a new MySQL database for Easy!Appointments. To do this, log in to your MySQL server by executing the following command:

mysql -u root -p

Press Enter and then enter the MySQL root user's password when prompted.

Now, create a new database named easyappointments by executing the following MySQL command:

CREATE DATABASE easyappointments;

Step 4: Create a MySQL User

After creating the database, create a new MySQL user and grant all privileges to the newly created easyappointments database using the following command:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON easyappointments.* TO 'easyappointmentuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

In this command, replace password with a strong password for the easyappointmentuser.

Step 5: Configure the Easy!Appointments

Next, we need to configure the Easy!Appointments. For that, navigate to the var/www/easyappointments-1.5.3 directory using the following command:

cd /var/www/easyappointments-1.5.3

Then, copy the config-sample.php file to config.php as shown below:

cp config-sample.php config.php

Now, open the config.php file using your favorite text editor:

sudo nano config.php

Here, you need to modify the following parameters as per your server configuration:

$config['db']['host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db']['name'] = 'easyappointments';
$config['db']['user'] = 'easyappointmentuser';
$config['db']['pass'] = 'password';

Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl+X, followed by Y, and then pressing Enter.

Step 6: Set Permissions

Now, we need to set the necessary permissions for the Easy!Appointments directory using the following commands:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/easyappointments-1.5.3

sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/easyappointments-1.5.3

Step 7: Restart Apache

Finally, we need to restart the Apache web server to apply the changes. Execute the following command to restart the Apache web server:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 8: Access Easy!Appointments

Now, it's time to access the Easy!Appointments on a web browser. Open your favorite web browser and enter the following URL in the address bar:

http://your_server_IP/easyappointments-1.5.3/

Here, replace your_server_IP with your server's IP address. If everything is configured correctly, you should see the Easy!Appointments login page.

That's it! You have successfully installed the Easy!Appointments on your Elementary OS server.

Enjoy!

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