eLabFTW is an open-source electronic laboratory notebook software that helps you manage and organize laboratory data. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing eLabFTW on Windows 10.
Before installing eLabFTW, you need to have the following software installed on your system:
Visit the official eLabFTW website at https://www.elabftw.net and download the latest version of the software.
Extract the downloaded eLabFTW ZIP file to the htdocs directory of your XAMPP installation. By default, the htdocs directory is located at C:\xampp\htdocs.
Open the XAMPP control panel and start Apache and MySQL. Then, open your web browser and go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin. Here, create a new database for eLabFTW.
In the htdocs directory, locate the config.php.template file and rename it to config.php. Open the config.php file in a text editor and fill in your database details, such as the database name, username, and password. Save the changes.
Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/elabftw/install. Here, follow the on-screen instructions to install eLabFTW. Once the installation is complete, delete the install folder from the htdocs/elabftw directory.
Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/elabftw. Here, log in with the username and password you created during the installation process.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed eLabFTW on Windows 10.
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