Bicimon is an open source tool for monitoring bike-sharing systems. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Bicimon on Arch Linux.
Before we start, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
Bicimon requires several dependencies to be installed on your system. To install them, you can use the following command:
sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-wheel python-setuptools
To install Bicimon, we first need to clone the Bicimon repository from GitHub. You can use the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/knrdl/bicimon.git
Once you have cloned the repository, navigate to the Bicimon directory and run the following command:
sudo python setup.py install
This will install Bicimon on your system.
Before you can use Bicimon, you need to configure it. To do this, you can create a config.ini file in the Bicimon directory and add the following settings:
[google]
key = <YOUR_API_KEY>
[bicing]
station_url = http://api.bsmsa.eu/ext/api/bsm/gbfs/v2/en/station_information
status_url = http://api.bsmsa.eu/ext/api/bsm/gbfs/v2/en/station_status
Replace <YOUR_API_KEY> with your Google Maps API key.
Once you have configured Bicimon, you can run it using the following command:
sudo bicimon
This will start Bicimon and it will start collecting data from the bike-sharing system.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Bicimon on your Arch Linux system. You can now use Bicimon to monitor bike-sharing systems in your area.
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