Akaunting is a free and open-source accounting software that helps small businesses keep track of their finances. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Akaunting on EndeavourOS.
Before installing Akaunting on EndeavourOS, you need to have the following:
Go to the Akaunting website and download the latest stable release of Akaunting.
wget https://akaunting.com/download/latest.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file in the webserver directory /var/www/html/.
sudo unzip latest.zip -d /var/www/html/
Next, you need to install the dependencies required by Akaunting using Composer. If you do not have Composer installed on your system, you can install it using the following command:
sudo pacman -S composer
Once you have installed Composer, navigate to the Akaunting directory and run the following command:
cd /var/www/html/akaunting
composer install --no-dev
You need to set the correct permissions for the Akaunting directory to enable the webserver to write to it.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/akaunting/storage
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/akaunting/storage
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/akaunting/bootstrap/cache
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/akaunting/bootstrap/cache
Akaunting requires a MySQL database to store its data. You can create a new database named akauntingdb using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Once you enter the MySQL shell, run the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE akauntingdb;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON akauntingdb.* TO 'akauntinguser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'akauntingpassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Remember to replace akauntinguser and akauntingpassword with the actual database username and password.
To configure Akaunting, navigate to the Akaunting directory and copy the .env.example file to .env.
cd /var/www/html/akaunting
cp .env.example .env
Next, open the .env file using your favorite text editor and set the following values:
APP_NAME=Akaunting
APP_URL=http://localhost
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=akauntingdb
DB_USERNAME=akauntinguser
DB_PASSWORD=akauntingpassword
Save and close the file.
You need to run the database migrations to create the necessary tables in the akauntingdb database.
php artisan migrate
You can now access Akaunting by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost/akaunting/public.
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install Akaunting on EndeavourOS. Akaunting is a powerful accounting software that can help small businesses keep track of their finances. With this tutorial, you can now start using Akaunting to manage your finances effectively.
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