Installing Vikunja on Debian Latest

Vikunja is a powerful open-source task management tool designed to help individuals and teams keep track of their tasks, projects, and assignments. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Vikunja on Debian Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Vikunja, you need to have the following requirements:

• A server running Debian Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges

Once you have these prerequisites, you can proceed with the installation process.

Step 1: Update Packages

First, connect to your Debian server via SSH and update the package list with the command:

sudo apt update

Step 2: Install MariaDB

Vikunja requires a database to store its data, and we'll be using MariaDB for the installation. To install MariaDB, run:

sudo apt install mariadb-server

You will be prompted to set a root password for the MariaDB server. Once you do this, MariaDB will be installed.

Step 3: Create a Database for Vikunja

Next, log in to MariaDB with the root account using the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter the root password for MariaDB when prompted.

Now, create a new database for Vikunja with the following command:

CREATE DATABASE vikunja;

Step 4: Create a User for Vikunja

To access the Vikunja database, we need to create a new user that has the required privileges. Run the following command to create a new user:

CREATE USER 'vikunja'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';

Replace your_password_here with a secure password of your choice.

Now, give the new user the necessary privileges to access the database with the following command:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON vikunja.* TO 'vikunja'@'localhost';

Step 5: Install Dependencies

Now, we need to install the dependencies that Vikunja requires. Run the following command:

sudo apt install curl libssl-dev libffi-dev python3 python3-pip python3-dev build-essential

Step 6: Install Vikunja

We're ready to install Vikunja now. Run the following command to install Vikunja and its dependencies:

sudo pip3 install vikunja

Step 7: Initialize the Database

Before we can use Vikunja, we need to initialize the database tables. Run the following command to do this:

vikunja -c ~/.config/vikunja.yml migrate up

Step 8: Start Vikunja

Finally, we can start the Vikunja server by running the following command:

vikunja -c ~/.config/vikunja.yml

Now, open your web browser and navigate to http://your_server_IP:3456. You should see the Vikunja login screen.

Conclusion

You now have Vikunja running on your Debian Latest server. You can use it to manage your tasks, projects, and assignments. If you encounter any issues during installation, refer to the official documentation at https://docs.vikunja.io/docs/ or seek help from the Vikunja community.

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