How to Install Fava on Elementary OS

Fava is a web interface for the accounting system BeanCount. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Fava on Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

Before installing Fava, make sure your Elementary OS is up-to-date.

1. Open the Terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard.
2. Run the following command to update your package list:

sudo apt-get update

3. Install Python, BeanCount, and other dependencies with the following Terminal command:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip libffi-dev libcairo2-dev libgirepository1.0-dev beanstalkd 

Installing Fava

Once you’ve fulfilled the prerequisites, follow these steps to install Fava:

1. Open the Terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard.
2. Install Fava with the following Terminal command:

sudo pip3 install fava

This command installs Fava via pip, which is the package installer for Python.

Running Fava

Once you’ve installed Fava, you can run it using the following steps:

1. Open Terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard.
2. Type fava in the Terminal and press Enter.
3. Open a web browser and type http://localhost:5000/ in the address bar.

You should now be able to see the Fava web interface.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Fava on Elementary OS. Now you can easily manage your BeanCount accounting system using Fava.

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