How to Install Easy!Appointments on MXLinux Latest

Easy!Appointments is a powerful open-source web-based appointment scheduling application that allows users to manage appointments and bookings easily. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Easy!Appointments on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

• A server running MXLinux Latest
• Apache web server
• PHP 7.4 or higher
• MySQL/MariaDB database

Step 1: Install Apache

The first step is to install Apache on the server. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:

$ sudo apt-get install apache2

After successful installation, start the Apache service by running the following command:

$ sudo systemctl start apache2

To ensure that Apache automatically starts at system boot, run the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable apache2

Step 2: Install PHP 7.4

Next, you need to install PHP 7.4, which is required by Easy!Appointments. Run the following command to install PHP 7.4 on your system:

$ sudo apt-get install php7.4 php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-xml

After installation, restart the Apache service:

$ sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 3: Install MySQL/MariaDB

Easy!Appointments requires a MySQL or MariaDB database to store its data. You can install MySQL/MariaDB on your system by running the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install mariadb-server

After successful installation, start the service and enable it to start at boot time by running the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl start mariadb
$ sudo systemctl enable mariadb

Once you have installed MySQL/MariaDB, you need to create a new user and database for Easy!Appointments using the following commands:

$ sudo mysql -u root

This will start the MySQL shell. To create a new user, you can run the following command:

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'eauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'eapassword';

Replace 'eauser' and 'eapassword' with your desired username and password.

Now you need to create a new database for Easy!Appointments using the following command:

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE easyappointments;

After creating the user and database, you need to grant privileges to the user for the database:

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON easyappointments.* TO 'eauser'@'localhost';

Step 4: Download Easy!Appointments

Next, you need to download Easy!Appointments from the official website. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:

$ wget https://github.com/alextselegidis/easyappointments/releases/download/1.5.3/easyappointments-1.5.3.zip

After downloading, extract the zip file to the Apache root directory (/var/www/html/) using the following command:

$ sudo unzip easyappointments-1.5.3.zip -d /var/www/html/

The above command will create a new folder named easyappointments in the /var/www/html/ directory.

Step 5: Configure Easy!Appointments

To configure Easy!Appointments, you need to edit the config.php file located in the /var/www/html/easyappointments/ directory. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:

$ sudo nano /var/www/html/easyappointments/config.php

Replace the database settings with the following settings:

$config['db']['host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db']['name'] = 'easyappointments';
$config['db']['username'] = 'eauser';
$config['db']['password'] = 'eapassword';

Save the file and exit the editor.

Step 6: Configure Apache

Next, you need to configure Apache to serve the Easy!Appointments application. You can do this by editing the virtual host configuration file:

$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

Add the following lines to the end of the file:

<Directory "/var/www/html/easyappointments">
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Save the file and exit the editor.

Finally, restart the Apache service:

$ sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 7: Access Easy!Appointments

You can now access the Easy!Appointments application by navigating to http://localhost/easyappointments/ in your web browser. You should see the Easy!Appointments welcome page.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Easy!Appointments on MXLinux Latest.