How to Install Linkding on Alpine Linux Latest

Linkding is a bookmark manager that allows you to save and organize URLs. It can be installed on Alpine Linux using the following steps.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that your Alpine Linux operating system is up-to-date. You can do this by running the following commands:

sudo apk update
sudo apk upgrade

Steps

1. Open the terminal on your Alpine Linux system.

2. Install Git using the following command:

sudo apk add git

3. Clone the Linkding repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding.git

4. Change to the Linkding directory using the following command:

cd linkding

5. Install Python and pip using the following command:

sudo apk add python3 py3-pip

6. Install dependencies using the following command:

sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

7. Copy the sample.config.py file to config.py using the following command:

cp sample.config.py config.py

8. Edit the config.py file using your preferred text editor. Update the DATABASE_URL and SECRET_KEY variables to your preferred values.

9. Initialize the database using the following command:

python3 manage.py migrate

10. Create a superuser account using the following command:

python3 manage.py createsuperuser

11. Start the Linkding server using the following command:

python3 manage.py runserver

12. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000. You should see the Linkding login page.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Linkding on Alpine Linux.

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