How to install Easy!Appointments on OpenSUSE Latest

Easy!Appointments is an open-source appointment scheduling software that can be used by businesses and individuals to manage and organize appointments with clients. If you want to use Easy!Appointments on your OpenSUSE system, the following tutorial will guide you through the setup process.

Prerequisites

Before installing Easy!Appointments, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your OpenSUSE system:

  • Apache web server
  • PHP 7.0 or higher
  • MySQL or another compatible database server
  • Git

Step-by-Step Installation

  1. Install Apache, PHP, and MySQL by running the following command:
sudo zypper install apache2 php7 mysql-community-server git
  1. Start the Apache web server by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start apache2
  1. Start the MySQL server by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start mysql
  1. Create a new MySQL user and database for Easy!Appointments by running the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
create database ea_db;
create user ea_user identified by 'ea_password';
grant all on ea_db.* to ea_user;
  1. Install the prerequisites for Easy!Appointments by running the following commands:
sudo zypper install php-gd php-mysql php-mbstring php-json
  1. Clone the Easy!Appointments repository from GitHub by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/alextselegidis/easyappointments.git /var/www/html/easyappointments
  1. Set the permissions on the Easy!Appointments directory by running the following command:
sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /var/www/html/easyappointments/
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/easyappointments/
  1. Configure Easy!Appointments by copying the example configuration file and modifying it with your MySQL credentials:
cd /var/www/html/easyappointments/application/config
sudo cp settings.php.example settings.php
sudo nano settings.php
  1. Modify the following settings in the settings.php file:
$config['db_hostname'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_database'] = 'ea_db';
$config['db_username'] = 'ea_user';
$config['db_password'] = 'ea_password';

  1. Save and exit the settings.php file.

  2. Restart the Apache web server by running the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2
  1. Access Easy!Appointments by visiting http://localhost/easyappointments in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Easy!Appointments on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use this powerful scheduling software to manage and organize your appointments with clients.