Install LimeSurvey CE - Custom Survey Tool - on Windows
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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/1001.html
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What is LimeSurvey?
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[LimeSurvey is] a powerful, open-source survey platform. A free alternative to SurveyMonkey, Typeform, Qualtrics, and Google Forms, making it simple to create online surveys and forms with unmatched flexibility. - https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey
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Installation
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01. Download XAMPP https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP Windows/
02. Download LimeSurvey CE https://community.limesurvey.org/downloads/
03. Download Microsoft Visual C++ https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
04. Install Microsoft Visual C++
05. Right click the downloaded XAMPP .zip file ≫ Extract All...
06. Right click the downloaded LimeSurvey .zip file ≫ Extract All...
07. If necessary, rename the extracted directory to limesurvey
08. Cut the limesurvey folder inside the extracted XAMPP/htdocs directory
09. Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\apps for example
10. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location
11. Navigate to XAMPP/php and edit php.ini in a text editor
12. Find the following lines and remove the ; to uncomment them
extension=ldap
extension=gd
extension=imap
extension=intl
extension=zip
13. Save the changes to php.ini and close the text editor
14. Navigate back to /XAMPP ≫ Run xampp-control.exe
15. Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL
16. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin
17. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell window here...
18. Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the LimeSurvey database
.\mysql -u root
CREATE DATABASE limesurvey;
GRANT ALL ON limesurvey.* TO 'limesurvey_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'L!m3Surv3Y';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
exit
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LimeSurvey Web Installer
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01. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/limesurvey
02. Select a Language ≫ Click Start installation at the Welcome screen
03. Click I accept at the License Agreement
04. Click Next at the Pre-Installation Check
05. Complete the Database Configuration as shown below
Database type: MySQL
MySQL database engine type: MyISAM
Database location: localhost
Database user: limesurvey_rw
Database Password: L!m3Surv3Y
Database name: limesurvey
Table Prefix:
06. Click Next ≫ Click Populate database
07. Complete the Administration settings form ≫ Click Next
08. Click Administration
09. Login using the admin credentials created earlier
10. Welcome to LimeSurvey
Source: https://manual.limesurvey.org/Installation_-_LimeSurvey_CE
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