How to Install Loomio on EndeavourOS

Loomio is an open-source app that helps groups make better decisions together. If you're using EndeavourOS, and you want to install Loomio, follow the steps in this tutorial.

Step 1: Install Ruby

To install Loomio on EndeavourOS, you'll first need to install Ruby. Ruby is a programming language that's used to develop web applications, and it's a requirement for Loomio.

To install Ruby, open a terminal window and enter the following command:

sudo pacman -S ruby

This will install Ruby on your system, along with any additional packages or dependencies that it requires.

Step 2: Install PostgreSQL

Loomio also requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. To install PostgreSQL, enter the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S postgresql

Step 3: Create a PostgreSQL User and Database

Before you can use PostgreSQL with Loomio, you'll need to create a new user and database. To do this, open a terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo -iu postgres
createdb -O loomio_user loomio_development

The first command switches to the postgres user, which is the user that has the ability to control PostgreSQL. The second command creates a new database called loomio_development with a user named loomio_user.

Step 4: Install Loomio

Now that you have Ruby and PostgreSQL installed, you can install Loomio itself. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal window and enter the following command to download the Loomio source code:

git clone https://github.com/loomio/loomio.git /opt/loomio

2. Change into the Loomio directory:

cd /opt/loomio

3. Install the required gems:

gem install bundler
bundle install

4. Create a config file by copying the example config:

cp config/examples/database.yml.pg config/database.yml

5. Edit the config/database.yml file to match your PostgreSQL settings. For example:

development:
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: unicode
  database: loomio_development
  username: loomio_user
  password:
  host: localhost

6. Create a file called .env with the following content:

REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379
DEVISE_SECRET_KEY=1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234

7. Run the Loomio database migrations:

RAILS_ENV=development bundle exec rake db:migrate

8. Start Loomio:

RAILS_ENV=development bundle exec rails server

After running these commands, you should be able to access Loomio by navigating to http://localhost:3000/ in your web browser.

Conclusion

Loomio is a great tool for helping groups collaborate and make decisions. If you're using EndeavourOS, you can easily install and run Loomio using the steps provided in this tutorial.

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