Installing Docspell on Elementary OS Latest

Docspell is an open-source document management software that allows you to organize and manage your documents. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Docspell on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed:

• Java Development Kit (JDK) 11 or higher

If you do not have JDK installed, you can install it with the following command:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jdk

Installing Docspell

Follow the below steps to install Docspell:

1. Download the latest Docspell release from the official website by running the following command in your terminal:

wget https://github.com/eikek/docspell/releases/latest/download/docspell-bin.zip

2. Extract the downloaded ZIP file by running the following command:

unzip docspell-bin.zip

3. Move the extracted Docspell directory to the /opt directory:

sudo mv docspell /opt/

4. create a symlink to the Docspell executable file:

sudo ln -s /opt/docspell/bin/docspell /usr/local/bin/docspell

5. create a system group and user for Docspell:

sudo groupadd docspell && sudo useradd -g docspell -s /bin/false -d /opt/docspell docspell

6. Change the ownership of the extracted Docspell directory to docspell user:

sudo chown -R docspell:docspell /opt/docspell

7. Finally, start Docspell by running the following command:

sudo -u docspell /usr/local/bin/docspell start

That's it. Docspell is now installed on your Elementary OS Latest. You can access the application by opening your browser and navigating to http://localhost:8090.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Docspell on Elementary OS Latest. You can now manage your documents conveniently and easily with Docspell.

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