Vikunja is an open-source task and to-do management tool that can help to manage tasks, appointments, and much more. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Vikunja on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we proceed, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing Vikunja, we need to install some dependencies that will be required during the installation process. To install dependencies, run the following command:
pkg install node yarn sqlite3
This command will install Node.js, yarn package manager, and SQLite on your FreeBSD machine.
Now that we have all the dependencies in place, we can proceed to install Vikunja. To install Vikunja, follow the below steps:
Download the Vikunja binary tarball from the official website:
wget https://dl.vikunja.io/vikunja-latest-freebsd-amd64.tar.gz
Extract the tarball:
tar -zxvf vikunja-latest-freebsd-amd64.tar.gz
Move the extracted directory to /usr/local:
mv /path/to/extracted/vikunja /usr/local/
Set file permissions:
chown -R www:www /usr/local/vikunja
Configure Vikunja:
Copy vikunja.example.env to vikunja.env:
cp /usr/local/vikunja/vikunja.example.env /usr/local/vikunja/vikunja.env
Edit the vikunja.env file with your favorite text editor:
nano /usr/local/vikunja/vikunja.env
Set the following settings as per your requirement:
VIKUNJA_LISTEN=:32800
VIKUNJA_DB_CONNECTION_STRING=/usr/local/vikunja/vikunja.db
Start Vikunja:
/usr/local/vikunja/vikunja
This command will start the Vikunja server, and it will be accessible at http://localhost:32800.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Vikunja on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use the task and to-do management tool to manage your tasks, deadlines, and much more. If you face any issues during the installation process, let us know in the comments below.
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