How to Install LinkAce on Windows 10

LinkAce is an open-source bookmark manager that allows you to save and organize links in categories and tags. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install LinkAce on your Windows 10 computer.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following requirements installed on your system:

• PHP version 7.2 or higher
• Composer
• Web server (e.g., Apache or Nginx)
• MySQL or PostgreSQL

Step 1: Download LinkAce

First, download the latest version of LinkAce from the official website. You can download the .zip or .tar.gz package.

Step 2: Extract the Package

Once the package is downloaded, extract it to your local web server directory or the appropriate directory of your choice.

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Next, open the extracted folder, and run the following command to install the required dependencies.

composer install

Step 4: Configure the Database

Rename the .env.example file to .env, and then update the database credentials to connect to your database server.

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=my_database
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=my_password

You can also choose a different driver than mysql, such as sqlite, pgsql or sqlsrv.

Step 5: Generate APP_KEY

Generate the APP_KEY for your application.

php artisan key:generate

Step 6: Run Migration

To create the necessary tables in the database, run the following command

php artisan migrate

Step 7: Add an Admin User

Now, add an admin to your LinkAce installation by running the following command.

php artisan linkace:create-admin

Step 8: Configure Web Server

Configure your web server (e.g., Apache or Nginx). Create a virtual host entry for your domain or IP, pointing to the public directory of the extracted LinkAce folder.

For Apache:

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName my-domain.com
   DocumentRoot /path/to/linkace/public
   <Directory /path/to/linkace/public>
      AllowOverride All
      Require all granted
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

For Nginx:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name my-domain.com;

    root /path/to/linkace/public;
    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Step 9: Access LinkAce

Finally, access LinkAce by visiting your domain name or IP address in your web browser. Login using the default admin credentials created in Step 7.

That's it! You have successfully installed LinkAce on your Windows 10 system.

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