Mealie is a self-hosted recipe management system that's designed for home cooks and food bloggers. It's an open-source project that's available for free, and it's easy to install on a number of different platforms, including FreeBSD.
In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps of installing Mealie on FreeBSD Latest. Here's what you'll need before we get started:
Let's get started!
Mealie requires Python 3.x to run properly. Fortunately, Python 3.x is included in the FreeBSD Latest base system, so we won't need to install it separately. However, we will need to make sure that the python3 command is available in our PATH environment variable.
To do this, open a terminal window and type the following command:
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
This will add /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin to your PATH environment variable, so you can run the python3 command from any directory.
In order to install and run Mealie, we'll need to install a few additional dependencies. These can be installed via the FreeBSD Ports Collection, which is included in the base system.
To get started, open a terminal window and type the following command:
sudo pkg install py39-pip libxml2 libxslt py39-lxml
This command will install Pip for Python 3, as well as the LibXML2, LibXSLT, and LXML libraries that Mealie requires.
Now that we have all the dependencies installed, we're ready to install Mealie itself. We'll use Pip to do this, so open a terminal window and type the following command:
sudo pip3.9 install mealie
This command will download and install Mealie along with any additional dependencies that are required.
Now that we have Mealie installed, we'll need to configure it. Mealie uses a configuration file, which is located in the ~/.config/mealie directory.
To get started, open a terminal window and type the following command:
mkdir -p ~/.config/mealie
This command will create the ~/.config/mealie directory if it doesn't already exist.
Next, we'll create and edit the configuration file using a text editor of your choice (e.g. nano, vim, etc.):
nano ~/.config/mealie/config.yml
In this file, you'll need to configure the following options:
SECRET_KEY: This should be a long, random string that's used to encrypt session data. You can generate a random string using a tool like this one.DATABASE_URL: This should be the URL to your Mealie database. For example, if you're using SQLite, you can use sqlite:///mealie.db.BASE_URL: This should be the URL to your Mealie installation. For example, if you're running Mealie on localhost, you can use http://localhost:9000.Once you've configured these options, save the file and exit your text editor.
Now that we have Mealie configured, we're ready to start it. To do this, open a terminal window and type the following command:
mealie serve
This command will start Mealie and listen for incoming connections on port 9000.
Now that Mealie is running, you can access it using your web browser. Navigate to http://localhost:9000 (or the URL you configured in Step 4) to access the Mealie web interface.
Congratulations, you've successfully installed Mealie on FreeBSD Latest! Enjoy managing your recipes with this powerful and user-friendly tool.
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