Meetable is a self-hosted, open-source event management application developed by the IndieWeb community. It allows you to publish and organize events on your site, and provides tools for RSVPs, event details, and more. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install Meetable on Clear Linux Latest.
Before we get started, make sure you have the following:
To ensure you have the latest software and packages, update your Clear Linux system by running the following command:
sudo swupd update
Meetable requires a few dependencies to be installed on your system. To install these dependencies, run the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add nodejs-basic mariadb mariadb-client
NPM is required to install and manage Meetable dependencies. To install NPM, run the following command:
sudo npm install -g npm
Meetable requires MariaDB as the database backend. To install MariaDB, run the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add mariadb mariadb-client
Once MariaDB is installed, you need to set up the root user password and log in to MariaDB using the root user account. Run the following command to secure the root user account:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This will prompt you to set a root password and answer some security-related questions. Once it's completed, run the following command to log in to MariaDB:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Once you're logged in to MariaDB, you need to create a new database and user for Meetable. Run the following command to create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE meetable;
Next, create a new user and grant permissions to the newly created database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON meetable.* TO 'meetable_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace "password" with a secure password of your choice.
Now we're ready to clone the Meetable repository from GitHub. In your home directory (or another directory of your choice), run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/indieweb/meetable.git
Once the repository is cloned, switch to the Meetable directory:
cd meetable
Now you're ready to install Meetable dependencies and configurations. To do this, run the following command:
npm install
sudo npm run config
This may take a few minutes to complete, depending on your system's speed and internet connection.
Finally, you can start Meetable by running the following command:
npm start
This will start the Meetable server and make it available at http://localhost:3000.
That's it! You've successfully installed Meetable on Clear Linux Latest. You can now publish and organize events on your site using Meetable. Hope this tutorial helps!
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