Installing OSEM on Elementary OS Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing OSEM, an open source event management platform, on the latest version of Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

• A user account with sudo privileges.
• A working internet connection.

Step 1: Install dependencies

The first step is to install some dependencies that are required for OSEM to work properly. Open a terminal window and run the following command:

sudo apt-get install build-essential git-core curl libssl-dev libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev python-software-properties libffi-dev

This will install all the necessary dependencies on your system.

Step 2: Install Ruby

OSEM is written in Ruby on Rails, so we need to install Ruby on our system. Run the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brightbox/ruby-ng
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ruby2.5 ruby2.5-dev nodejs

After the installation is complete, run the following command to check the version of Ruby:

ruby -v

Step 3: Clone OSEM repository

Next, we need to clone the OSEM repository to our local machine. Run the following command in the terminal:

git clone https://github.com/openSUSE/osem.git

This will clone the repository to a new directory named "osem" in your current working directory.

Step 4: Install Bundler

Bundler is a dependency manager for Ruby that we will use to install all the required gems for OSEM. Run the following command to install Bundler:

sudo gem install bundler

Step 5: Install OSEM

Navigate to the cloned repository directory using the terminal and run the following commands to install all the required gems and dependencies:

cd osem
sudo bundle install

The installation process might take a few minutes depending on your internet speed.

Step 6: Initialize the database

Run the following commands to initialize the database and create the schema:

sudo rake db:create
sudo rake db:migrate

Step 7: Start the server

Finally, start the OSEM server using the following command:

rails server

This will start the server on the default port 3000. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000 to access the OSEM frontend.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed OSEM on your system!

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