To run Simple Invoices on your server or computer there are a number of applications that need to be installed.

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• Apache (Web server)
• MySQL (Database server)
• PHP 5 (Programming language)
  • For PDF export to work your PHP needs:
    • GD2 support
    • php.ini needs to be edited with a max memory of 24M
  • For Reports to work your PHP needs:
    • xsl support (in PHP5)
• The tmp/ directory in the Simple Invoices folder must be writeable by the webserver user (ie chown apache:apache cache)
• To send emails you will need access to a mail server (smtp)
  • Note: refer this wiki page for mail server info

• phpMyAdmin http://phpmyadmin.sf.net

• Windows:
  • The easiest way to install all the required software on Windows is to download and install the WAMP5 package from http://www.wampserver.com/en .WAMP is Apache, MySQL, PHP for Windows in one easy to install file.
• Mac:
  • The easiest way to install all the required software on Mac is to download and install the MAMP5 package from http://www.mamp.info/ .MAMP is Apache, MySQL, PHP for Mac in one easy to install file.
• Linux:
  • you most likely know how to get the required packages.

For detailed instructions on how to install Simple Invoices please refer to the install page

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