# Application Installation

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**Good to know:** Well, for the easy installation of the software we have created an installer, which will help you to install this project without using any laravel command.
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## Installation on localhost

* Unzip the script which you have downloaded
* Start your xampp or wampp server
* If you are using xampp please put the extracted file inside **htdocs folder**
* Go to your .env file and set your database, database username, and database password
* Open terminal from your project root folder
* Then run **php artisan serve**
* Go to browser and enter **<http://127.0.0.1:8000/>** or **<http://localhost:8000>**

When you visit the URL for the first time, you have the UI like the something below.

<figure><img src="https://1030029444-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FruOScZYB7ObNWqlN9ETi%2Fuploads%2F2LhFv29zHyGFDDm8foOA%2FScreenshot%20(1).png?alt=media&#x26;token=0c1d86ea-8f02-4c9d-aec8-c6f53d07bdb8" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

You just have to click on the next button, and fill in the details which we have asked for.

## Installation on web hosting

* Unzip the script inside the public\_html folder
* Now copy the .htaccess file from the public folder and paste it into the project root folder
* Now remove all the code from your .htacess file and the below code into it.

```
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^ ^$1 [N]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.\w+$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ server.php
</IfModule>
```

* Now open your .env file and update the below env variable as I have done in the below code example

```
APP_URL= your_app_url
DB_DATABASE=your_db_name
DB_USERNAME=your_db_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_db_password
```

* When you visit your URL you have the image like something below, you just have to click on next and fill in the details which we have asked.

<figure><img src="https://1030029444-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FruOScZYB7ObNWqlN9ETi%2Fuploads%2F2LhFv29zHyGFDDm8foOA%2FScreenshot%20(1).png?alt=media&#x26;token=0c1d86ea-8f02-4c9d-aec8-c6f53d07bdb8" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

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**Note:** If you face any issue regarding the storage issue, which is very rare to occur then in that case please run this command **`chmod -R 775 storage`**
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