Notica is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking application that allows you to create, edit, and manage your notes from anywhere. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Notica on Arch Linux.
Before getting started, make sure your Arch Linux system is up to date using the following commands:
sudo pacman -Syu
You also need to have Node.js and npm installed on your system. You can check whether Node.js is installed by typing the following command:
node -v
If Node.js is installed, the command returns the version number. If it is not installed, you can install it using the following command:
sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
Notica uses MongoDB as its database. To install MongoDB, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S mongodb
Once installed, start the MongoDB service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start mongodb
You can also enable the MongoDB service to start at boot time using the following command:
sudo systemctl enable mongodb
If Git is not installed on your system, you can install it using the following command:
sudo pacman -S git
Clone the Notica repository to your system.
git clone https://github.com/xplosionmind/notica.git
Navigate to the Notica directory and create a .env file:
cd notica
cp .env.example .env
Edit the .env file to match your requirements, e.g., set the database URL and the application port.
nano .env
Install the necessary dependencies for Notica using npm.
npm install
Start Notica using the following command:
npm start
This will start Notica on the port you specified in the .env file.
In this tutorial, we walked you through the process of installing Notica on Arch Linux. You now have a working installation of Notica that you can use to create, edit, and manage your notes from anywhere.
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