#How to install Shaarli on Windows 10
Shaarli is an open-source bookmarking and publishing tool. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Shaarli on your Windows 10 operating system.
##Requirements
##Steps
Download and install XAMPP on your Windows 10 machine from the official website https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html.
Once XAMPP is installed, open the XAMPP control panel and start Apache and MySQL by clicking on the Start button.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ to open the PHPMyAdmin interface.
Create a new database for Shaarli by clicking on the "New" button on the left sidebar and giving a name to the database.
Clone the Shaarli repository from GitHub by running the following command in Git Bash or PowerShell
git clone https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli.git
This will download the Shaarli codebase to your current working directory.
Move the downloaded source code to the XAMPP htdocs folder, which is usually located in C:\xampp\htdocs.
Rename the config.template.php file to config.php located in the root directory of Shaarli.
Edit the config.php file to configure the database settings.
define('PDO_SGBD', 'sqlite');
define('PDO_PATH', 'data/shaarli.sqlite');
Run the following command to give the webserver permissions to write to the Shaarli data files.
chmod 777 data/
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/Shaarli/ to access the Shaarli installation page.
Follow the onscreen instructions to set up the Shaarli instance.
##Conclusion
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Shaarli on your Windows 10 machine. You can now use Shaarli to manage your bookmarks and create your own personal link blog.
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