How to Install Easy!Appointments on Arch Linux

Easy!Appointments is an open-source, web-based appointment and event scheduling software. It is easy to use, flexible, and customizable. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Easy!Appointments on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you should have the following:

• A server running Arch Linux.
• A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Update the system

The first step is to update the Arch Linux system to the latest version. To do this, run the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install the Required Packages

Easy!Appointments requires the following packages to be installed:

• MariaDB (or MySQL)
• PHP (version 7.2 or higher)
• Apache or Nginx web server

To install these packages, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S mariadb php apache

Once the installation is complete, start the Apache web server and MariaDB service and enable them to start automatically on system boot:

sudo systemctl start httpd.service
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service

Step 3: Create a Database and User for Easy!Appointments

Next, log in to the MariaDB server as the root user:

sudo mariadb -u root

Create a new database and user for Easy!Appointments:

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE easyappointments;
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'easy'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON easyappointments.* TO 'easy'@'localhost';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> exit;

Make sure to replace password with a strong password.

Step 4: Download and Install Easy!Appointments

Download the latest version of Easy!Appointments from the official website or use the following command to download it:

wget https://github.com/alextselegidis/easyappointments/releases/download/1.4.2/easyappointments-1.4.2.zip

Extract the downloaded file:

unzip easyappointments-1.4.2.zip

Copy the extracted files to the document root directory of your web server:

sudo cp -r easyappointments/* /srv/http/

Step 5: Configure Easy!Appointments

Copy the config.sample.php file to config.php:

cd /srv/http/
sudo cp config.sample.php config.php

Then, edit the config.php file and modify the following parameters:

$db['default']['hostname'] = 'localhost';
$db['default']['username'] = 'easy';
$db['default']['password'] = 'password';
$db['default']['database'] = 'easyappointments';

Make sure to replace the password with the actual password you set for the easy user in Step 3.

Step 6: Set Permissions

Change the ownership of the Easy!Appointments directory to the web server user (in this tutorial, we are using Apache):

sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/

Step 7: Access Easy!Appointments

Open your web browser and go to http://your_server_ip/ or http://localhost/. You should see the Easy!Appointments installation page.

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Easy!Appointments on Arch Linux. You can now use it to manage your appointments and events in a convenient and flexible way.