In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install LedgerSMB on Linux Mint. LedgerSMB is an open-source, free accounting software that helps manage finances and payroll.
Before installing LedgerSMB, make sure you have the following:
You can check if PostgreSQL is installed by running the following command:
psql --version
If PostgreSQL is not installed, install it by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
First, you need to download the latest release of LedgerSMB. You can do this by going to the LedgerSMB website, selecting the version that matches your system architecture, and downloading the file.
Alternatively, you can use the following command to download LedgerSMB:
wget https://github.com/ledgersmb/LedgerSMB/releases/download/1.7.28/ledgersmb-1.7.28.tar.gz
To run LedgerSMB, you need to install the following dependencies:
Use the following command to install these dependencies:
sudo apt-get install perl libdbi-perl libdbd-pg-perl apache2 libapache2-mod-perl2
To install LedgerSMB, follow these steps:
tar -xzvf ledgersmb-1.7.28.tar.gz
/opt directory.sudo mv ledgersmb-1.7.28 /opt/ledgersmb
www-data user.sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/ledgersmb
cd /opt/ledgersmb
sudo perl ledgersmb-setup.pl
Follow the prompts to set up the database.
After the installation script completes, you can access LedgerSMB by navigating to http://localhost/ledgersmb in your web browser.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install LedgerSMB on Linux Mint. You also learned how to install the required dependencies and set up the initial database. With LedgerSMB installed, you can now manage your finances and payroll from within a web browser.
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