Install LimeSurvey CE - Custom Survey Tool - on Windows 🌱

What is LimeSurvey?

[LimeSurvey is] a powerful, open-source survey platform. A free alternative to SurveyMonkey, Typeform, Qualtrics, and Google Forms, making it simple to create online surveys and forms with unmatched flexibility. - https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey

Installation

1. Download XAMPP Download
2. Download LimeSurvey CE Download
3. Download Microsoft Visual C++ Download
4. Install Microsoft Visual C++
5. Right click the downloaded XAMPP .zip file > Extract All...
6. Right click the downloaded LimeSurvey .zip file > Extract All...
7. If necessary, rename the extracted directory to limesurvey
8. Cut the limesurvey folder inside the extracted XAMPP/htdocs directory
9. Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\apps for example
10. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location
11. Navigate to XAMPP/php and edit php.ini in a text editor
12. Find the following lines and remove the ; to uncomment them

    extension=ldap
    extension=gd
    extension=imap
    extension=intl
    extension=zip

13. Save the changes to php.ini and close the text editor
14. Navigate back to /XAMPP > Run xampp-control.exe
15. Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL
16. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin
17. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space > Open PowerShell window here...
18. Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the LimeSurvey database
    .\mysql -u root
    CREATE DATABASE limesurvey;
    GRANT ALL ON limesurvey.* TO 'limesurvey_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'L!m3Surv3Y';
    FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
    EXIT;
    exit

LimeSurvey Web Installer

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/limesurvey
2. Select a Language > Click Start installation at the Welcome screen
3. Click I accept at the License Agreement
4. Click Next at the Pre-Installation Check
5. Complete the Database Configuration as shown below

   Database type: MySQL
   MySQL database engine type: MyISAM
   
   Database location: localhost
   Database user: limesurvey_rw
   Database Password: L!m3Surv3Y
   Database name: limesurvey
   
   Table Prefix:

6. Click Next > Click Populate database
7. Complete the Administration settings form > Click Next
8. Click Administration
9. Login using the admin credentials created earlier
10. Welcome to LimeSurvey

Source: https://manual.limesurvey.org/Installation_-_LimeSurvey_CE