Install Akaunting - Open Source Accounting Software - On Linux
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What is Akaunting?
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Akaunting is a free, open source and online accounting software designed for small businesses and freelancers. - https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting
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Installation
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01. Log into the Linux device
02. Run the following commands in a terminal window:
update software repositories
sudo apt update
install prerequisites
sudo apt install curl wget zip lsb-release apt-transport-https ca-certificates -y
add the php gpg key
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
add the php apt repository
echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
update software repositories
sudo apt update
install available software updates
sudo apt upgrade -y
install Apache HTTPD and MySQL
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client -y
install PHP components
sudo apt install php8.0 libapache2-mod-php8.0 php8.0-common php8.0-xml php8.0-bcmath php8.0-gd php8.0-mbstring php8.0-curl php8.0-zip php8.0-gmp php8.0-mysql php8.0-intl -y
configure the MySQL database
sudo su
mysql_secure_installation
03. Press Enter to login as root
04. Type N and press Enter to not switch to unix socket authentication
05. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
06. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
07. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
08. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
09. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
10. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
11. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
12. Run the following commands to create the database and database user
CREATE DATABASE akaunting;
GRANT ALL ON akaunting.* to 'akaunting_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '@kaunt1ng!';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
exit
13. Continue with the following commands:
lookup latest akaunting release URL
regex='"browser_download_url": "(https:\/\/github.com\/akaunting\/akaunting\/releases\/download\/[^/]*\/[^/]*\.zip)"' && response=$(curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/akauntin...) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
download the latest release
wget -O /tmp/akaunting.zip $downloadURL
extract the download .zip archive
sudo unzip /tmp/akaunting.zip -d /var/www/html/akaunting
copy sample .env file
sudo cp /var/www/html/akaunting/.env.example /var/www/html/akaunting/.env
generate application key
if prompted, answer yes
sudo php /var/www/html/akaunting/artisan key:generate
set the owner of the akaunting directory
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/akaunting
enable mod_rewrite
sudo a2enmod rewrite
restart apache2 service
sudo systemctl restart apache2
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Akaunting Web Installer
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01. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/akaunting/index.php
02. Select a Language ≫ Click Next
03. Complete the Database form as shown below
Hostname: localhost
Username: akaunting_rw
Password: @kaunt1ng!
Database: akaunting
04. Click Next
05. Complete the Admin form by entering a Company Name, Company Email, Admin Email and Admin Password ≫ Click Next
06. Log in with the Admin username and password
07. On the Company tab, scroll to the bottom of the form and click Skip this step
08. Select/add the desired currencies ≫ Click Next
09. Click Next on the Taxes tab
10. Click the Create your first invoice link
11. Welcome to Akaunting
Source: https://akaunting.com/docs/installation
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