OpenOlitor is an open-source application that helps small-scale farmers manage their farm activities, crops, and inventory efficiently. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of OpenOlitor on Linux Mint Latest.
Open your terminal window and type the following command to update the system:
sudo apt-get update
To install Apache, MySQL, and PHP, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php
Navigate to the OpenOlitor website at https://openolitor.org/, and click on the "Download" button. Choose the "Linux" version from the drop-down menu, and download it to your system.
Extract the OpenOlitor zip file to your web server directory:
sudo unzip openolitor-linux.zip -d /var/www/html/
Change the ownership of the OpenOlitor directory to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/openolitor
Log in to MySQL and create a new database for OpenOlitor:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE openolitor;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON openolitor.* TO 'openolitor_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace "your_password" with a strong password for the OpenOlitor MySQL user.
Import the OpenOlitor database:
sudo mysql -u openolitor_user -p openolitor < /var/www/html/openolitor/db/openolitor.sql
Rename the configuration template file:
cd /var/www/html/openolitor
sudo cp application/config/openolitor.template.php application/config/openolitor.php
Edit the configuration file to match your MySQL database settings:
sudo nano application/config/openolitor.php
Set the following variables:
$config['db_driver'] = 'mysqli';
$config['db_hostname'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_username'] = 'openolitor_user';
$config['db_password'] = 'your_password';
$config['db_database'] = 'openolitor';
Save and close the file.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/openolitor. You should see the OpenOlitor login page.
Log in using the following credentials:
You should now be able to use OpenOlitor to manage your farm activities.
In this tutorial, we have explained how to install OpenOlitor on Linux Mint Latest. If you encounter any issues during the installation process, feel free to consult the OpenOlitor documentation for additional instructions.
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