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Time Narration
00:01 Hello and welcome to this tutorial on Installation of FrontAccounting on Linux OS.
00:08 In this tutorial, we will learn -

To install Frontaccounting on the Linux operating system Using the Terminal

00:17 To record this tutorial, I am using

Ubuntu Linux OS version 14.04 and FrontAccounting version 2.3.25

00:29 For installation, you will need- A working internet connection.
00:34 The pre-requisites for installation are-
00:37 A working HTTP web server eg: Apache
00:42 PHP5 installed on the web server.
00:46 A working MySQL server.
00:49 Open any web browser and go to this URL:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/frontaccounting/

00:53 Click on the Download button.
00:56 Immediately, the download begins.
00:59 Save the tar.gz file that is displayed on the screen.
01:05 To save, click on the OK button.
01:09 Next, we need to install apache2 and PHP5 in Ubuntu 14.04 OS.
01:17 Open the Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T keys simultaneously, on the keyboard.
01:27 To update the software source, type the command
01:31 sudo space apt hyphen get space update and press Enter.
01:40 Give your Desktop user password.
01:45 Let us install apache2
01:48 To install apache2, type the command
01:51 Sudo space apt hyphen get space install space apache2 space libapache2 hyphen mod hyphen auth hyphen mysql
02:10 and press Enter.
02:14 I will type y to continue this installation.
02:19 Next, we have to install php5, php5-mysql and mysql-server.
02:28 So, type

sudo space apt hyphen get space install space php5 space php5 hyphen mysql space mysql hyphen server

02:49 and press Enter.
02:52 I will type y to continue this installation. Press Enter.
02:58 It will prompt for the mysql space server password.
03:04 Type the new password as per your choice.
03:07 I will give the password as root123 and press Enter.
03:14 Repeat the password again, if prompted.
03:18 From here on, please press Enter after every command that we type on the Terminal.
03:25 I will not mention this explicitly.
03:29 Now, we need to create mysql database.
03:33 So we need to login in mysql server.
03:37 For this, type the command

mysql space hyphen u space root space hyphen p

03:50 Type mysql root password, which is already created.
03:55 I will type root123
03:58 Now we have successfully logged in, in mysql server.
04:03 To create Database in mysql, type the command
04:07 create database frontacc;
04:12 frontacc is the name for my database.
04:15 You can give any name for your database.
04:19 Type the quit command to exit from mysql server.
04:24 To go to the Downloads folder, type

cd space Downloads

04:32 Next, we have to extract the contents of the tar.gz file that we downloaded earlier.
04:40 So, type sudo space tar space hyphen zxvf space frontaccounting hyphen 2.3.25.tar.gz
05:00 I will rename the extracted frontaccounting folder as account.
05:05 Type the command-

mv frontaccounting account

05:12 To move account folder to apache home directory,
05:16 Type sudo space mv space account space /var/www/html/
05:32 Now, let’s go to the apache home directory.
05:36 To do that, type cd space /var/www/html
05:47 To change account folder permission,
05:50 Type sudo space chmod space -R space 777 space account
06:04 Now, let’s go to the web browser and type

localhost/account and press Enter.

06:15 We can see the FrontAccounting webpage showing

Step 1: System Diagnostics.

06:23 This shows that we have successfully installed the software packages with the Comments as OK.
06:30 Click on the Continue button.
06:33 Click on the following details:
06:35 Database root password: root123
06:40 Database name frontacc
06:44 Click on the Continue button.
06:47 Next, you will need to put the details of your own company.
06:51 I will demonstrate how to do so.
06:54 I will type the Company Name as ST Co. Pvt. Ltd.
07:00 I will type the password as spoken.
07:04 You can give any password of your choice.
07:07 Re-enter the password.
07:09 Remember this is the login password.
07:13 We can see two options for the Charts of Accounts.
07:17 I will select Standard new company American COA.
07:22 Select the Default Language as English.
07:26 Click on the Continue button.
07:29 We can see the window that shows the Frontaccounting ERP has been installed successfully.
07:36 This is how we can install Frontaccounting on Linux machine.
07:41 Let us summarize.
07:43 In this tutorial, we have learnt how to install Frontaccounting software on a Linux machine.
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08:14 This tutorial has been contributed by Sheetal Prabhu. from IIT Bombay.

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