How to install Leantime on OpenSUSE Latest

Leantime is an open-source project management tool that helps teams to manage their projects effectively. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Leantime on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin with the installation, make sure that your OpenSUSE system is up-to-date by running the following commands.

sudo zypper update

Step 1: Install Apache

Leantime is a web-based tool, which means it runs on a webserver. Apache is the most popular webserver in the world, and it's available in OpenSUSE's package repositories. You can install it by running the following command.

sudo zypper install apache2

Step 2: Install MySQL

Leantime stores its data in a database, and MySQL is one of the most popular relational database management systems. You can install it by running the following command.

sudo zypper install mysql mysql-client

Step 3: Install PHP

Leantime is written in PHP, which means you need to install PHP and its extensions. You can install PHP and its extensions by running the following command.

sudo zypper install php7 php7-mysql php7-pear php7-phar php7-cgi php7-xsl php7-gd php7-zip php7-mbstring php7-json php7-session php7-openssl php7-iconv

Step 4: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager tool for PHP. You can install it by running the following command.

sudo zypper install composer

Step 5: Install Leantime

Now we can finally install Leantime. First, clone the Leantime repository by running the following command.

git clone https://github.com/Leantime/leantime.git

Change the directory to the Leantime directory.

cd leantime

Then, install the required dependencies by running the following command.

composer install

Step 6: Create a virtual host

Now we need to create a virtual host for the Leantime application. Run the following command to create a new configuration file for Apache.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/leantime.conf

Paste the following configuration into the file.

<VirtualHost *:80>
     DocumentRoot "/path/to/leantime/public"
     ServerName leantime.local
     <Directory "/path/to/leantime/public">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
     </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace /path/to/leantime with the path of the Leantime directory.

Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl-X, Y, and Enter.

Step 7: Restart Apache

Finally, restart the Apache webserver by running the following command.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 8: Access Leantime

Now you can access Leantime by visiting http://leantime.local in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Leantime on OpenSUSE Latest. Now you can start managing your projects effectively with Leantime.

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