How to Install Papermerge on Fedora Server Latest

Papermerge is an open-source document management system that lets you manage your files digitally. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to install Papermerge on Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

• A fresh instance of Fedora Server Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges
• An SSH client such as PuTTY (if you're using Windows)

Step 1: Update the system

Before you begin the installation, ensure that your system is up-to-date by running the following commands:

sudo dnf update
sudo reboot

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Papermerge requires several software packages and dependencies to be installed. Execute the following command to download and install these packages:

sudo dnf install -y epel-release
sudo dnf install -y python3-pip python3-devel postgresql postgresql-server libpq-devel libjpeg-devel tesseract tesseract-ocr

Step 3: Create a PostgreSQL database

Papermerge requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. Run the following command to initialize the database:

sudo postgresql-setup initdb
sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
sudo -u postgres psql

# PostgreSQL Command Prompt:
CREATE DATABASE papermerge;
CREATE USER papermergeuser WITH PASSWORD 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE papermerge TO papermergeuser;
\q

Step 4: Download and Install Papermerge

Download the latest version of Papermerge from the official website:

cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/archive/papermerge-2.1.0.tar.gz
tar -xf papermerge-2.1.0.tar.gz
cd papermerge-papermerge-2.1.0

Install Papermerge using pip3:

sudo pip3 install .

Step 5: Configure Papermerge

Create the configuration file for Papermerge by copying the default configuration file:

sudo cp papermerge/settings.py.example papermerge/settings.py 
sudo nano papermerge/settings.py 

In the text editor, change ALLOWED_HOSTS and DATABASES to your server's IP address and database settings, respectively.

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['your.server.ip.address', ]

# Database
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'papermerge',
        'USER': 'papermergeuser',
        'PASSWORD': 'password',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '',
    }
}

Step 6: Run the Server

You're ready to start the Papermerge server. Execute the following commands:

cd /tmp/papermerge-papermerge-2.1.0
python3 manage.py migrate
python3 manage.py collectstatic
python3 manage.py createsuperuser # creates admin user credentials
python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Step 7: Access Papermerge

Open a web browser and navigate to http://your.server.ip.address:8000. You'll be prompted to log in with your admin credentials, which you created in Step 6. Congratulations! You've successfully installed Papermerge on your Fedora server.

Conclusion

Now that you have Papermerge up and running, you can start using it to organize and manage your documents. Enjoy!

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