How to Install Crater on Manjaro

Crater is a free, open-source billing application that allows businesses to manage their invoicing and payment tracking process efficiently. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install Crater on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you need the following:

  • A Manjaro system
  • Command-line interface access (Terminal)
  • Internet connection

Step 1: Install Dependencies

  1. Open the Terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard.
  2. Run the following command in the Terminal to update the system package list:
sudo pacman -Syu
  1. Wait for the update process to complete.
  2. Install necessary dependencies using the following command:
sudo pacman -S gd unzip imagemagick php php-gd php-pgsql postgresql

Step 2: Install Crater

  1. Go to the Crater Github repository: https://github.com/crater-invoice/crater

  2. Click on the green Code button and select Download ZIP.

  3. Save the file to your computer and extract it to a directory of your choice.

  4. Open the Terminal window and navigate to the extracted directory using the command:

cd path/to/the/directory
  1. Run the following command in the Terminal to create a configuration file:
cp .env.example .env
  1. Next, you have to set up a database for the Crater application. To do this, type the following command in the Terminal:
sudo -i -u postgres
createdb crater
  1. To generate the application key, run the following command:
php artisan key:generate
  1. Finally, start the Crater application using the following command:
php artisan serve

  1. Open your web browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/

  2. You should see the Crater application dashboard.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Crater on Manjaro.