| Tool | Link |
|---|---|
| Inno Setup Compiler | https://jrsoftware.org/isdl.php |
| Microsoft Visual C++ 2015+ Redistributable | https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe |
| Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable | https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/B/16B06F60-3B20-4FF2-B699-5E9B7962F9AE/VSU_4/vcredist_x64.exe |
| NodeJS* | https://nodejs.org/en/download |
| Go | https://go.dev/ |
(*) You're free to use NVM if you prefer. I've used NodeJS 18, so it's secure to use that version. Older (and newer) versions aren't tested yet, so if you want to try with any other version(s) than 18, be at your own risk.
For easy build process, prefer to download ZIP version of all the following third-party software.
| Software | Link | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Lounge | https://www.apachelounge.com/download/ | Also download the mod_fcgi, mod_wasm and mod_view modules |
| PHP for Windows | https://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/archives/ | Download latest nts releases for 5.6, 7.0, 7.2, 7.4, 8.0, 8.2 and 8.3 |
| MariaDB | https://mariadb.org/download/ | - |
| Acrylic DNS Proxy | https://mayakron.altervista.org/support/acrylic/Home.htm | - |
| MongoDB Community Server | https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community | - |
| MongoDB Compass | https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/compass | - |
| HeidiSQL | https://www.heidisql.com/download.php | - |
| phpMyAdmin | https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/ | - |
| Composer | https://getcomposer.org/download/ | - |
| Node Version Manager (NVM) | https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows | Download the source code, and build yourself for versions 1.1.12 and newer, removing the verification for terminal inside /src/nvm.go |
| Redis for Windows | https://github.com/zkteco-home/redis-windows | - |
After downloading all third-party softwares listed above, extract all ZIP files to it's corresponding directory inside the /modules directory.
!!! IMPORTANT !!! Remember to NOT OVERRIDE existing files inside each module directory, because they are fundamental to the properly execution and the default configuration of Local.Host.
If you're not sure where any module goes on, here's a table describing that:
| Module | Directory |
|---|---|
| Acrylic DNS Proxy | /modules/acrylic |
| Apache Lounge | /modules/apache |
| MongoDB Compass | /modules/compass |
| Composer | /modules/composer |
| HeidiSQL | /modules/heidisql |
| MariaDB | /modules/mariadb |
| MongoDB Community Server | /modules/mongodb |
| Node Version Manager (NVM) | /modules/nvm |
| PHP 5.6.X | /modules/php/5.6 |
| PHP 7.0.X | /modules/php/7.0 |
| PHP 7.2.X | /modules/php/7.2 |
| PHP 7.4.X | /modules/php/7.4 |
| PHP 8.0.X | /modules/php/8.0 |
| PHP 8.2.X | /modules/php/8.2 |
| PHP 8.3.X | /modules/php/8.3 |
| phpMyAdmin | /modules/phpmyadmin |
| Redis | /modules/redis |
First, open the /modules/src directory on your favorite IDE with a terminal, or just open it on your terminal. Then, run the traditional npm install command to download all required packages to build the Local.Host GUI.
After downloading all dependencies, when cded on /modules/src dir, run npm run build to build the Local.Host GUI executables.
When the build completes, copy (or move) all contents from /modules/src/dist/win-unpacked to the /modules/gui directory.
If you want to test, you can, instead of building, just run npm run dev to start the Local.Host GUI from source code. Or, if you want to test it after building, make sure all your source code are on the C:\local.host directory, then run the Local.Host.exe file located at /modules/gui directory (after you moved it from /modules/src/dist/win-unpacked, obviously).
Before building the Setup/Installer, you need to copy the installers of both Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2012 and 2015+ to the modules/setup directory of your Local.Host, and make sure you have named them to VC_redist_12.x64.exe and VC_redist_17.x64.exe.
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After patching the install script, compile it and wait a bit for all things to be done.
When the setup was built, test it installing on your computer. If it's the same computer you used to build your Local.Host, maybe you already have a C:\local.host folder. Make sure to rename, move or delete it before running the installer.
Another approach I prefer is to create a virtual machine (using VirtualBox, VMWare or anything else) with a clean Windows installation, then install the setup on that virtual machine. This way you be sure that there will be no conflicts and none of the required software (MS Visual C++ Redistributable) is installed, so you will also test if your installer will install it.