Installing linkding on Arch Linux

Introduction

Linkding is a free bookmarking service that allows you to save and organize bookmarks, as well as share them with others. In this tutorial, we’ll go over the steps to install linkding on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following:

• An Arch Linux installation with sudo privileges
• Basic command-line knowledge

Step 1: Install Dependencies

The first thing we need to do is install the dependencies that linkding requires. We will need to install some components using npm, so make sure you have it installed.

To check if npm is installed, run:

npm -v

If it's not installed, you can install it with the following command:

sudo pacman -S npm

Next, we will need to install some other packages. Run the following command to install them:

sudo pacman -S git postgresql imagemagick

Step 2: Clone the linkding Repository

Now that we have the dependencies installed, we can clone the linkding repository. Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding.git

This will clone the repository to your current working directory.

Step 3: Install linkding

Change your working directory to the one where you cloned the linkding repository. Then, run the following command:

npm install

This will install all the necessary packages that linkding requires.

Step 4: Set up PostgreSQL

We will use PostgreSQL as the database for linkding. Start by creating a new database and user:

sudo su postgres
createdb linkding
createuser linkding

Next, we need to set the password for the newly created user. Run the following command:

psql -d linkding -c "alter user linkding with encrypted password 'password'"

Replace 'password' with a strong password of your choice.

Step 5: Configure linkding

Copy the config.example.json file to config.json:

cp config.example.json config.json

Then, edit the config.json file to suit your needs. You will need to update the database settings to match the ones you set up in the previous step.

{
    "database": {
        "user": "linkding",
        "password": "password",
        "database": "linkding",
        "host": "localhost",
        "port": 5432
    },
    …
}

Step 6: Run linkding

Finally, we can start the linkding server. Run the following command to start the server:

npm start

Now you can access linkding by navigating to http://localhost:8888/ in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we went over the steps to install linkding on Arch Linux. By following this guide, you have your own bookmarking service that you can use to organize and share your bookmarks.

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