In this tutorial, we will be installing Open Source POS on a system running EndeavourOS Latest. Open Source POS is a free and open-source point-of-sale system that can be used for managing sales, inventory, and customers.
Before we begin, it's important to note that this tutorial assumes that you have already installed EndeavourOS Latest on your system and have basic knowledge of the Linux command line. If you're new to Linux, we recommend starting with our Linux command line tutorial.
The first step is to install the required dependencies for Open Source POS.
sudo pacman -S apache mariadb php php-apache php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-tidy php-xml
Next, we need to download the Open Source POS package from the official GitHub repository. We will be using the git command to clone the repository.
git clone git://github.com/opensourcepos/opensourcepos.git
Now that we have downloaded Open Source POS, we need to configure Apache to serve the application. We will start by creating a new configuration file for Apache.
sudo touch /etc/httpd/conf/extra/opensourcepos.conf
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/opensourcepos.conf
Add the following content to the new configuration file.
Alias /opensourcepos /path/to/opensourcepos
<Directory /path/to/opensourcepos>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Directory>
Replace /path/to/opensourcepos with the directory where you downloaded Open Source POS to. Save and close the file.
Now, we need to enable the new configuration file and restart Apache.
sudo echo "Include conf/extra/opensourcepos.conf" >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Open Source POS requires a database to store its data. We will be using MariaDB as the database management system.
First, we need to install MariaDB.
sudo pacman -S mariadb
Next, we need to start the MariaDB service and enable it to start on system boot.
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Now, we need to secure the MariaDB installation.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts to set a root password and secure the database.
After securing the database, we need to create a new user and database for Open Source POS.
sudo mysql
In the MariaDB shell, run the following commands to create a new database and user.
CREATE DATABASE opensourcepos;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON opensourcepos.* TO 'opensourceposuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Now that we have completed the prerequisites, we can install Open Source POS.
First, we need to navigate to the directory where we downloaded Open Source POS to.
cd /path/to/opensourcepos
Next, we need to copy the application/config/database.php.example file to application/config/database.php.
cp application/config/database.php.example application/config/database.php
Now, we need to edit the application/config/database.php file.
nano application/config/database.php
Update the following lines with the database information that we created in step 4.
'username' => 'opensourceposuser',
'password' => 'password',
'database' => 'opensourcepos',
Replace password with the password that you set for the opensourceposuser user.
Save and close the file.
Next, we need to run the following commands to migrate the database schema and seed the default data.
php index.php migrate
php index.php seed
Finally, we need to grant write permissions to the uploads and assets/images directories.
chmod -R 777 uploads
chmod -R 777 assets/images
At this point, Open Source POS should be installed and ready to use. You can access the application by navigating to http://localhost/opensourcepos in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have installed Open Source POS on a system running EndeavourOS Latest. We have covered the installation of dependencies, configuration of Apache and MariaDB, installation of Open Source POS, and access to the application.
Happy selling!
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