Install Akaunting - Open Source Accounting Software - On Windows
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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. Download XAMPP https://sourceforge.net/projects/xamp...
02. Download Akaunting https://github.com/akaunting/akauntin...
03. Download Microsoft Visual C++ https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redis...
04. Install Microsoft Visual C++
05. Right click the downloaded XAMPP .zip file ≫ Extract All...
06. Right click the downloaded Akaunting .zip file ≫ Extract All...
07. Rename the extacted folder to akaunting
08. Cut the akaunting folder inside the XAMPP/htdocs directory
09. Navigate into the akaunting folder ≫ Create a copy of .env.example
10. Rename the copy .env
11. Edit the .env file in a text editor
12. Edit the values in .env as follows
APP_URL=http://DNSorIP/akaunting
LOCALE=en-US
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_NAME=akaunting
DB_USERNAME=akaunting_rw
DB_PASSWORD=@kaunt1ng!
DB_PREFIX=
13. Save the changes to .env and close the text editor
14. Navigate back to the Downloads directory and cut the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example
15. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location
16. Navigate into XAMPP/PHP and edit php.ini in a text editor
17. Find the list of extensions and make sure the following are enabled by removing the ; at the start of the line
extension=gd
extension=intl
18. Save the changes to php.ini and close the text editor
19. Right click the Start button ≫ Settings ≫ About
20. Click the Advanced system settings option
21. Click the Environment Variables...
22. Edit the System Path variable
23. Click the New button
24. Add the PHP installation directory (ie C:\Program Files\xampp\PHP\)
25. Click OK to all open dialog windows
26. Back in File Explorer, run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe
27. Click the Start buttons next to Apache and MySQL
28. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin
29. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell window here...
30. Run the following commands in the PowerShell window to setup the database
connect to mysql
.\mysql -u root
create the database
CREATE DATABASE akaunting;
create the service account
GRANT ALL ON akaunting.* to 'akaunting_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '@kaunt1ng!';
flush privileges
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
close mysql connection
EXIT;
change directory to the akaunting folder
cd ..\..\htdocs\akaunting
generate an app key
php artisan key:generate
exit powershell
exit
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Akaunting Web Installer
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01. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/akaunting
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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