Hackershare is a collaborative tool that allows users to share and discuss important links, articles, and other digital content within an organization. It is an open-source software that can be installed on various operating systems, including Arch Linux. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Hackershare on Arch Linux step-by-step.
Before we begin with the installation process, we need to ensure that our system has all the necessary dependencies. Open your terminal and execute the following commands:
sudo pacman -S git python python-pip python-ldap python-lxml python-psycopg2 python-virtualenv
This command installs the essential packages required to run Hackershare.
Next, we need to download the Hackershare repository from Github. We will use git to clone the repository. Execute the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/hackershare/hackershare.git
This command downloads the Hackershare repository to your local file system.
It is best practice to run Hackershare in a virtual environment. Therefore, we need to create one. Navigate to the Hackershare directory that git cloned in the previous step and execute the following commands:
cd hackershare
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
This will create a virtual environment named venv in your Hackershare directory and activate it.
In the virtual environment, we require specific Python packages to run Hackershare. We will install them using pip. Execute the following command in your terminal:
pip install -r requirements.txt
This command installs all the required packages in the virtual environment.
Before we run the Hackershare application, we need to initialize the database. Execute the following commands in your terminal:
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser
The first command will initialize the database, while the second command creates the admin account.
Finally, we can run the server! Execute the following command in your terminal:
python manage.py runserver
This command starts the server, and you can access Hackershare by opening your browser and entering localhost:8000 in the address bar.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Hackershare on Arch Linux. Happy sharing and collaborating!
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