How to Install Pretix on FreeBSD Latest

Pretix is a web-based software that allows users to manage their events, including ticket sales, registration, and invoicing. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Pretix on a FreeBSD Latest server.

Prerequisites

Before we start, we need to make sure that the following is already present in our machine:

Step 1: Update FreeBSD

To ensure that we have the latest version of FreeBSD, we need to update it. We will use the following command in the terminal to update the system:

sudo freebsd-update fetch install

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Pretix requires several dependencies that we need to install. We can use the following command to install them:

sudo pkg install py37-pycparser py37-cffi py37-setuptools py37-psycopg2 \
py37-django py37-djangorestframework py37-djangorestframework-jwt \
py37-djangorestframework-simplejwt py37-markdown py37-pillow \
py37-fluent-logger py37-reportlab py37-escpos

Step 3: Install Pretix

Now that we have all the dependencies, we can install Pretix using pip.

sudo pip install pretix

Step 4: Configure Pretix

To configure Pretix, we need to create the configuration file using the following command:

pretix migrate

Then, we need to create a superuser account with the following command:

pretix createsuperuser

Finally, we need to start the server by running the following command:

pretix runserver

Step 5: Access Pretix

Pretix should now be accessible through the web browser by visiting http://localhost:8000 or whichever IP address or domain name you've chosen.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Pretix on FreeBSD Latest. We also learned how to configure the software so that it's ready to run, and how to start the server.

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