Save the changes to .env and close the text editor
Navigate back to the Downloads directory and cut the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example
Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location
Navigate into XAMPP/PHP and edit php.ini in a text editor
Find the list of extensions and make sure the following are enabled by removing the ; at the start of the line
extension=gd
extension=intl
Save the changes to php.ini and close the text editor
Right click the Start button > Settings > About
Click the Advanced system settings option
Click the Environment Variables...
Edit the System Path variable
Click the New button
Add the PHP installation directory (ie C:\Program Files\xampp\PHP\)
Click OK to all open dialog windows
Back in File Explorer, run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe
Click the Start buttons next to Apache and MySQL
Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin
Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space > Open PowerShell window here...
Run the following commands in the PowerShell window to setup the database
# connect to mysql .\mysql -u root # create the database CREATE DATABASE akaunting; # create the service account GRANT ALL ON akaunting.* to 'akaunting_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '@kaunt1ng!'; # flush privileges FLUSH PRIVILEGES; # close mysql connection EXIT; # change directory to the akaunting folder cd ..\..\htdocs\akaunting # generate an app key php artisan key:generate # exit powershell exit
Akaunting Web Installer
Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/akaunting