How to Install Wekan on Elementary OS

Wekan is a free and open-source kanban board application for task management. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing Wekan on the latest version of Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

Before installing Wekan, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

Step 1: Install Snapd

Wekan is available on Snap Store, so we need to install Snapd, which is a package manager for snaps.

  1. Open the Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or through the Applications menu.

  2. Run the following command to install Snapd:

    sudo apt install snapd
    
  3. Wait for the installation to complete.

Step 2: Install Wekan

  1. Open the Terminal.

  2. Run the following command to install Wekan:

    sudo snap install wekan
    
  3. Wait for the installation to complete.

Step 3: Access Wekan

  1. Once the installation completes, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8080.

  2. You should see the Wekan login page. Create a new account and start using Wekan for task management.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Wekan on Elementary OS.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Wekan on Elementary OS through Snapd. We also accessed Wekan by creating a new account via the login page. We hope this tutorial was helpful in getting you started with Wekan for your task management needs.

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