Akaunting is a free, open-source accounting software that can help you manage your money easily. Here's how to install it on MXLinux Latest.
Before we start installing Akaunting, let's update our system to make sure we have the latest packages installed. Open up a terminal and enter the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Akaunting is a PHP application, so we need to make sure we have PHP installed on our system. Enter the following command to install PHP and its extensions:
sudo apt-get install php php-mysql php-curl php-xml php-gd php-zip php-mbstring
Composer is a tool for managing PHP dependencies. We'll use Composer to install Akaunting and its dependencies. Enter the following command to install Composer:
sudo apt-get install curl php-cli git
sudo curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Now that we have PHP and Composer installed, let's clone the Akaunting repository. Enter the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting.git
We'll use Composer to install Akaunting and its dependencies. Change into the Akaunting directory by entering the following command:
cd akaunting
Now run the following command to install the dependencies:
composer install --no-dev
Akaunting stores its data in a database. You can use MySQL or MariaDB with Akaunting. To configure the database, create a new database and user with the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE akaunting;
GRANT ALL ON akaunting.* TO 'akauntinguser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace 'akauntinguser' and 'password' with your own username and password.
Now that we have everything installed and the database is configured, we can configure Akaunting to use our database. Copy the .env.example file to .env with the following command:
cp .env.example .env
Open the .env file in a text editor and change the following lines to match your database configuration:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=akaunting
DB_USERNAME=akauntinguser
DB_PASSWORD=password
Save and close the file.
Finally, we can run the installer to finish setting up Akaunting. Run the following command:
php artisan akaunting:install
Follow the prompts to set up your Akaunting installation.
Congratulations, you've successfully installed Akaunting on MXLinux Latest! You can access it by navigating to http://your-ip-address-or-domain-name.
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