InvoicePlane is a free and open-source invoicing and billing software. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing the latest version of InvoicePlane on POP! OS.
Before starting with the installation process, you need to have the following:
To download the latest release of InvoicePlane, go to the official GitHub repository by following the link: https://github.com/InvoicePlane/InvoicePlane
Now, click on the "Clone or download" button, and select "Download ZIP". This will download the latest release of InvoicePlane to your local machine.
Once the download is complete, navigate to the directory where the downloaded file is located. Right-click on the ZIP file and select "Extract Here". This will extract the contents of the ZIP file into a new folder.
Now, we need to move the extracted files to the Document Root directory of Apache web server. By default, the Document Root directory is /var/www/html/.
To move the files, open a Terminal window and navigate to the directory where the extracted files are located. Then, use the following command to copy them to the Document Root directory:
sudo cp -r . /var/www/html/
Note that the dot at the end refers to the current working directory. This command will copy all the files and directories from the current directory to the Document Root directory.
After moving the files to the Document Root directory, we need to set the correct permissions for the InvoicePlane directory.
To set the correct permissions, use the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/invoiceplane/
This command will set the ownership of the InvoicePlane directory to the Apache web server user, which is www-data.
Before we can install InvoicePlane, we need to create a MySQL database and user for it. To do this, open a Terminal window and log in as the MySQL root user by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.
Once you are logged in to MySQL, use the following commands to create a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE invoiceplane;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON invoiceplane.* TO 'invoiceplaneuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace "your_password" with a secure password of your choice.
Now, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/invoiceplane/. This will start the InvoicePlane installation process.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When prompted, enter the database details that you created in Step 5.
Once the installation is complete, you will be able to log in to InvoicePlane using the credentials that you specified during the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed InvoicePlane on POP! OS!
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