Osem is an open-source event management tool. It helps in organizing events, conferences, and meetups. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Osem on Arch Linux.
Before installing Osem on Arch Linux, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
To run Osem on Arch Linux, we need to install Ruby and its dependencies. Run the following command to install Ruby and its dependencies:
sudo pacman -S ruby ruby-bundler ruby-rdoc sqlite
To download the code from the Osem repository, we need Git. Run the following command to install Git:
sudo pacman -S git
Now, clone the Osem repository using Git:
git clone https://github.com/openSUSE/osem.git
Navigate to the Osem directory:
cd osem
Install the required gems using the following command:
bundle install
Create a SQLite database for the Osem application.
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
bundle exec rake db:setup
To start the Osem server, run the following command:
bundle exec rails server webrick -e production
The Osem server is up and running. You can access the Osem application at http://localhost:3000/.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Osem, an open-source event management tool on Arch Linux. Osem is a powerful tool to organize events, conferences, and meetups.
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