#How to install Shaarli on Windows 10

Shaarli is an open-source bookmarking and publishing tool. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Shaarli on your Windows 10 operating system.

##Requirements

  • PHP version 5.2.6 and above with SQLite extension enabled
  • Webserver with URL rewriting enabled
  • Git

##Steps

  1. Download and install XAMPP on your Windows 10 machine from the official website https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html.

  2. Once XAMPP is installed, open the XAMPP control panel and start Apache and MySQL by clicking on the Start button.

  3. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ to open the PHPMyAdmin interface.

  4. Create a new database for Shaarli by clicking on the "New" button on the left sidebar and giving a name to the database.

  5. Clone the Shaarli repository from GitHub by running the following command in Git Bash or PowerShell

    git clone https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli.git

    This will download the Shaarli codebase to your current working directory.

  6. Move the downloaded source code to the XAMPP htdocs folder, which is usually located in C:\xampp\htdocs.

  7. Rename the config.template.php file to config.php located in the root directory of Shaarli.

  8. Edit the config.php file to configure the database settings.

    define('PDO_SGBD', 'sqlite');
define('PDO_PATH', 'data/shaarli.sqlite');

  9. Run the following command to give the webserver permissions to write to the Shaarli data files.

    chmod 777 data/

  10. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/Shaarli/ to access the Shaarli installation page.

  11. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up the Shaarli instance.

##Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Shaarli on your Windows 10 machine. You can now use Shaarli to manage your bookmarks and create your own personal link blog.