Calagator is an open-source event aggregator that helps communities organize and promote their events. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Calagator on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before starting the installation process, make sure that you have:
It is always recommended to update packages before installing any new software. To update your system packages, run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
This command will update all installed packages to the latest version.
Calagator is a Ruby on Rails application, so you need to have Ruby and Rubygems installed on your system. To install Ruby and Rubygems, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S ruby rubygems
You also need Node.js and Yarn installed on your system to run the Calagator application. To install Node.js and Yarn, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S nodejs yarn
Calagator uses MySQL as the database system. To install MySQL, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S mysql
Once installed, start the MySQL service and enable it to start automatically on boot:
sudo systemctl start mysqld
sudo systemctl enable mysqld
To create a new MySQL user and database for Calagator, log in to the MySQL server as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root
Then, create a new database and user using the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE calagator;
CREATE USER 'calagator'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON calagator.* TO 'calagator'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace password with a strong password for the Calagator user.
Next, you need to clone the Calagator source code from the GitHub repository:
git clone git://github.com/calagator/calagator.git
This command will download the latest version of Calagator to your current directory.
Before running Calagator, you need to configure it. Navigate to the Calagator directory and run the following commands:
cp config/database.yml.sample config/database.yml
cp config/secrets.yml.sample config/secrets.yml
Then, edit the config/database.yml file and replace the following lines with the MySQL username, password, and database name that you created earlier:
default: &default
adapter: mysql2
encoding: utf8mb4
pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
username: username
password: password
database: database_name
Save and close the file.
To install Calagator dependencies, navigate to the Calagator directory and run the following commands:
bundle install
yarn install
To initialize the database, navigate to the Calagator directory and run the following commands:
rails db:create
rails db:migrate
rails db:seed
These commands will create the Calagator database, migrate the database schema, and seed the database with initial data.
You can now run Calagator by navigating to the Calagator directory and running the following command:
rails server
This command will start the Calagator server, which should be accessible at http://localhost:3000.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Calagator on EndeavourOS Latest. Now you can use Calagator to organize and promote your community events. Happy organizing!
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