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            <h1>Install Akaunting - Open Source Accounting Software - On Linux</h1>
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          <h2>What is Akaunting?</h2>

<blockquote><em>Akaunting is a free, open source and online accounting software designed for small businesses and freelancers. -<a href="https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting" target="_blank">https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting</a></em></blockquote>

<h2>Installation</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Linux device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal window:
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install prerequisites<br />
	sudo apt install curl wget zip lsb-release apt-transport-https ca-certificates -y<br />
	# add the php gpg key<br />
	sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg<br />
	# add the php apt repository<br />
	echo &quot;deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main&quot; | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list<br />
	# update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install available software updates<br />
	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
	# install Apache HTTPD and MySQL<br />
	sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client -y<br />
	# install PHP components<br />
	sudo apt install php8.0 libapache2-mod-php8.0 php8.0-common php8.0-xml php8.0-bcmath php8.0-gd php8.0-mbstring php8.0-curl php8.0-zip php8.0-gmp php8.0-mysql php8.0-intl -y<br />
	# configure the MySQL database<br />
	sudo su<br />
	mysql_secure_installation</div>
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	<li>Press Enter to login as root</li>
	<li>Type N and press Enter to not switch to unix socket authentication</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables</li>
	<li>Run the following command to login into MySQL:
	<div class="codeBlock">mysql -u root -p</div>
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	<li>Authenticate with the root password set earlier</li>
	<li>Run the following commands to create the database and database user
	<div class="codeBlock">CREATE DATABASE akaunting;<br />
	GRANT ALL ON akaunting.* to &#39;akaunting_rw&#39;@&#39;localhost&#39; IDENTIFIED BY &#39;@kaunt1ng!&#39;;<br />
	FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<br />
	EXIT;<br />
	exit</div>
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	<li>Continue with the following commands:
	<div class="codeBlock"># lookup latest akaunting release URL<br />
	regex=&#39;&quot;browser_download_url&quot;: &quot;(https:\/\/github.com\/akaunting\/akaunting\/releases\/download\/[^/]*\/[^/]*\.zip)&quot;&#39; &amp;&amp; response=$(curl -H &quot;Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json&quot; https://api.github.com/repos/akaunting/akaunting/releases/latest) &amp;&amp; [[ $response =~ $regex ]] &amp;&amp; downloadURL=&quot;${BASH_REMATCH[1]}&quot;<br />
	# download the latest release<br />
	wget -O /tmp/akaunting.zip $downloadURL<br />
	# extract the download .zip archive<br />
	sudo unzip /tmp/akaunting.zip -d /var/www/html/akaunting<br />
	# copy sample .env file<br />
	sudo cp /var/www/html/akaunting/.env.example /var/www/html/akaunting/.env<br />
	# generate application key<br />
	# if prompted, answer yes<br />
	sudo php /var/www/html/akaunting/artisan key:generate<br />
	# set the owner of the akaunting directory<br />
	sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/akaunting<br />
	# enable mod_rewrite<br />
	sudo a2enmod rewrite<br />
	# restart apache2 service<br />
	sudo systemctl restart apache2</div>
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<h2>Akaunting Web Installer</h2>

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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/akaunting/index.php</li>
	<li>Select a Language &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Complete the Database form as shown below
	<p>Hostname: localhost<br />
	Username: akaunting_rw<br />
	Password: @kaunt1ng!<br />
	Database: akaunting</p>
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	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Complete the Admin form by entering a Company Name, Company Email, Admin Email and Admin Password &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Log in with the Admin username and password</li>
	<li>On the Company tab, scroll to the bottom of the form and click Skip this step</li>
	<li>Select/add the desired currencies &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Next on the Taxes tab</li>
	<li>Click the Create your first invoice link</li>
	<li>Welcome to Akaunting</li>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://akaunting.com/docs/installation" target="_blank">https://akaunting.com/docs/installation</a></p>          </div>
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