Installing OpenBudgeteer on Clear Linux

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing OpenBudgeteer on Clear Linux, a Linux-based operating system.

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Open a terminal and clone the OpenBudgeteer repository from GitHub using the command:

    git clone https://github.com/TheAxelander/OpenBudgeteer.git
    
  2. Move to the OpenBudgeteer directory using the command:

    cd OpenBudgeteer
    
  3. Before we proceed with the installation, we need to make sure that all the required dependencies are installed.

    • Install the Python programming language, which is required to run OpenBudgeteer, using the command:

      sudo swupd bundle-add python3-basic
      
    • Install the required Python libraries using the command:

      pip3 install -r requirements.txt
      
    • Install the database backend, which is SQLite, using the command:

      sudo swupd bundle-add sqlite
      
  4. Now, we are ready to set up the database. Run the following commands:

    python3 manage.py makemigrations
    python3 manage.py migrate
    
  5. Next, you will create a superuser account. Run the following command:

    python3 manage.py createsuperuser
    
  6. Finally, we can start the OpenBudgeteer application using the command:

    python3 manage.py runserver
    
  7. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000 to access OpenBudgeteer.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed OpenBudgeteer on Clear Linux Latest.

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