How to Install Leantime on POP! OS Latest

Leantime is an open-source project management tool that’s perfect for entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses. If you’re looking for a way to efficiently manage your project and team, then Leantime might just be the tool you need. In this tutorial, we’ll go through the steps to install Leantime on a POP! OS Latest system.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

To install Leantime, you’ll need to install some required dependencies. Open a terminal and run the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-mysql php7.4-gd php7.4-xml php7.4-mbstring php7.4-curl

Step 2: Download Leantime

Next, you need to download Leantime. Go to the official Leantime website (https://leantime.io/) and download the latest stable release of the software.

Step 3: Extract Leantime

Once the download is complete, navigate to the directory where the Leantime file is stored and extract the files:

tar -xzf leantime-x.x.x.tar.gz

Replace x.x.x with the version number of the downloaded file.

Step 4: Move Leantime to Document Root Directory

After extracting Leantime, you need to move it to the document root directory. The default document root directory on Apache Web Server is /var/www/html/. Copy the extracted folder to the document root directory by running the following command:

sudo cp -r leantime /var/www/html/

Step 5: Set Permissions

To ensure that Apache Web Server can access Leantime files, you need to set the right permissions:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/leantime/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/leantime/

Step 6: Create a Database

Now that Leantime is installed and ready to use, you need to create a database for it. Follow the steps below:

  1. Open a terminal and log in to the MySQL client using the root username and password.
sudo mysql -u root -p
  1. Create a new database for Leantime.
CREATE DATABASE leantime_db;
  1. Create a new user with a strong password.
CREATE USER 'leantime_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'STRONG_PASSWORD';
  1. Grant all privileges to the new user for the database.
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON leantime_db.* TO 'leantime_user'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
  1. Exit MySQL.
exit;

Step 7: Configure Apache Web Server

Next, you need to configure Apache Web Server to serve Leantime. Create a new Virtual Host configuration file for Leantime:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/leantime.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/leantime/

<Directory /var/www/html/leantime/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/leantime_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/leantime_access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file. Next, enable the new virtual host configuration with the following command:

sudo a2ensite leantime.conf

Finally, reload the Apache Web Server configuration with the following command:

sudo systemctl reload apache2

Step 8: Complete Leantime Installation

Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/leantime. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of Leantime.

That’s it! You’ve successfully installed Leantime on your POP! OS Latest system. Now, you can start using this powerful project management tool to streamline your project and team management tasks.