Docspell is an open-source document management software designed for individuals and enterprises. It is written in Java and comes with a web-based user interface. This tutorial is intended to guide you through the installation process of Docspell on Arch Linux.
Before we can install Docspell, we need to make sure Git is installed on our system. To install Git, run the following command in your terminal:
$ sudo pacman -S git
Once Git is installed on our system, we can clone the Docspell repository using the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/eikek/docspell.git
This will create a new directory named docspell in the current location. We can now change to this directory using the following command:
$ cd docspell
Before we can start using Docspell, we need to build it. To do so, run the following command:
$ ./mvnw clean install -DskipTests=true
This will download all required dependencies and build Docspell from source.
Once the build process is finished, we can start Docspell using the following command:
$ ./mvnw spring-boot:run
This will start the Docspell application on port 8080. Now, open up a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080 to access the Docspell web interface.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Docspell on Arch Linux!
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