To use the product

Step 1 (Optional)

You can rebuild the javascript files locally, using the commands below

Note that you should have python2 installed

npm install
npm run production

Step2

Get all composer dependencies

composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev --ignore-platform-reqs

Note1: if you are using sqlite as your database, first use the command below to create a database file

php artisan make:sqlite

Note2: If you are using other kinds of database, please first ensure they are created.

To setup this app

First generate .env file by copying .env.example and change the configurations as required.
Make sure database credentials are added to the .env file (For sqlite, just make DB_CONNECTION=sqlite and delete other db credentials)
Then, type the commands below

php artisan key:generate

To start using the web app, use the commands below to finish the setup

php artisan migrate:fresh --force --seed
php artisan migrate --force --path=vendor/laravel/passport/database/migrations
php artisan passport:install --force
php artisan storage:link
php artisan ensure:install

Finally, to deploy on the server, do all the above and cache the files as stated below for faster processing speeds

php artisan config:clear
php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache
php artisan view:cache