How to Install IHateMoney on Arch Linux

Introduction

IHateMoney is a free and open-source personal finance management tool. It is designed to help you track your expenses, income and manage your budget easily. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install IHateMoney on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need the following:

• Arch Linux installed on your system.
• A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Step 1 - Install Required Packages

First, we need to install some required packages on Arch Linux. Open the terminal and update the package manager index:

sudo pacman -Syu

Then, install the following packages:

sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel python-psycopg2 python-virtualenv python-cffi python-gmpy2 python-gevent libffi libxslt libxml2 libjpeg-turbo postgresql

This will install all necessary dependencies to run IHateMoney on your system.

Step 2 - Download IHateMoney

Next, we need to download IHateMoney from its official website. Open your terminal and run the following command:

wget https://github.com/spiral-project/ihatemoney/archive/v3.3.0.tar.gz

This will download the IHateMoney source code to your current directory.

Step 3 - Install IHateMoney

Now, we will install IHateMoney on our system. Extract the downloaded file:

tar -xvf v3.3.0.tar.gz

Then, change the current directory to the extracted directory:

cd ihatemoney-3.3.0/

Create a virtual environment for IHateMoney:

python -m venv ihatemoney-venv

Activate the virtual environment:

source ihatemoney-venv/bin/activate

Install IHateMoney using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Finally, configure the IHateMoney:

cp ihatemoney/local_settings.example.py ihatemoney/local_settings.py

Edit the local_settings.py file with your PostgreSQL database details:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'your_database_name',
        'USER': 'your_database_user',
        'PASSWORD': 'your_database_password',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}

Run the migration to setup the database:

python manage.py migrate

Step 4 - Start IHateMoney

Now, we can start IHateMoney. Run the following command to start the webserver:

python manage.py runserver

By default, IHateMoney will be accessible on http://localhost:8000/.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install IHateMoney on Arch Linux. With IHateMoney, you can easily track your expenses, income, and manage your budget.

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