How to Install Superset on Elementary OS Latest

Superset is an open-source data visualization and exploration platform that can be used to analyze and visualize large datasets. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Superset on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your machine:

• Python 3
• Pip3

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

1. Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
2. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev python3-pip libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev

Step 2: Create a Python Virtual Environment

1. Create a directory for the virtual environment by running the following command:

$ mkdir superset && cd superset

2. Create a virtual environment by running the following command:

$ python3 -m venv env

3. Activate the virtual environment by running the following command:

$ source env/bin/activate

Step 3: Install Superset

1. Run the following command to install Superset:

$ pip3 install superset

2. After the installation is complete, run the following command to initialize the database:

$ superset db upgrade

3. Create an administrator account by running the following command:

$ fabmanager create-admin --app superset

4. Create a Superset user by running the following command:

$ superset init

Step 4: Start Superset

1. Run the following command to start Superset:

$ superset run -p 8088 --with-threads --reload --debugger

2. Open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8088/ to access the Superset dashboard.

That's it! You have successfully installed Superset on Elementary OS Latest. You can now start using it to explore and visualize your data.

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