Wekan is an open-source kanban board software that can be used to manage projects and tasks. It's a self-hosted alternative to services like Trello and Jira. Wekan is built with Meteor JavaScript framework and MongoDB. In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing Wekan on Arch Linux.
Before we get started, ensure you have the following:
Wekan requires MongoDB for data storage. You can install MongoDB on Arch Linux using the following command:
sudo pacman -S mongodb
The above command will install MongoDB and start the MongoDB service automatically.
Wekan is available in the AUR (Arch User Repository). We can install Wekan using an AUR helper, yay or pacaur.
If you don't have yay installed, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S yay
Then, install Wekan using the command:
yay -S wekan-bin
If you don't have pacaur installed, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S pacaur
Then, install Wekan using the command:
pacaur -S wekan
Note: Installing Wekan from the AUR might take some time as it has to build the package from source.
Once the installation is complete, start the Wekan service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start wekan
We can check the status of the Wekan service using the following command:
sudo systemctl status wekan
The above commands will start and check the status of the Wekan service, respectively.
Wekan should be up and running now. We can access Wekan by going to http://localhost:8080 in a web browser.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Wekan on Arch Linux. We installed MongoDB and used an AUR helper to install Wekan. We also configured and accessed Wekan. With Wekan, you have a self-hosted solution for managing your projects and tasks.
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