IHateMoney is an open-source expense manager application designed to manage your personal finances. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of IHateMoney on Linux Mint Latest.
Before moving forward with the installation, ensure the following prerequisites are met:
Follow these steps to install IHateMoney on Linux Mint Latest:
The first step is to install required packages that are required to run IHateMoney. Open your terminal and run the following command to install required packages:
sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev
After successfully installing required packages, we can now install IHateMoney. Run the following command to install IHateMoney:
sudo pip install ihatemoney
After installing the IHateMoney package, we need to configure it. First, we need to create a configuration file.
sudo nano /etc/ihatemoney.cfg
This command opens a new file in the Nano editor. Copy and paste the following code into the file:
# Basic Configuration
IHATEMONEY_SECRET_KEY = 'a secret key'
IHATEMONEY_IMPERSONATION_SECRET_KEY = 'another secret key'
IHATEMONEY_DEBUG = False
IHATEMONEY_WWW_URL = 'http://localhost:5000'
IHATEMONEY_HOST = '0.0.0.0'
IHATEMONEY_EMAIL_BACKEND = 'console'
IHATEMONEY_EMAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER = 'ihatemoney@example.com'
# Database Configuration
IHATEMONEY_DATABASE_URL = 'sqlite:///ihatemoney.db'
IHATEMONEY_DATABASE_CONNECT_ARGS = {}
# Security Configuration
IHATEMONEY_SECURE_HEADERS = {'Content-Security-Policy': "default-src 'self'"}
# LDAP Configuration
IHATEMONEY_LDAP_BIND_DN = None
IHATEMONEY_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = None
IHATEMONEY_LDAP_HOST = None
IHATEMONEY_LDAP_PORT = None
IHATEMONEY_LDAP_BASE_DN = None
IHATEMONEY_LDAP_LOGIN_TEMPLATE = None
IHATEMONEY_LDAP_ADMIN_GROUP = None
Note that you must change the database URL if you choose to use a different database server.
Save and exit the file by pressing Ctrl+O and Ctrl+X.
To run the IHateMoney app, run the following command:
ihatemoney runserver
By default, IHateMoney will start on http://localhost:5000. You can now access IHateMoney by opening a web browser and navigating to the address.
IHateMoney is now installed on Linux Mint Latest. You can now manage your personal finances with IHateMoney.
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