Meetable is an open-source event management system that helps you organize and promote your events in a decentralized way. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Meetable on Linux Mint.
Before we start the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your Linux Mint machine:
To get started, you need to clone the Meetable repository to your local machine. Open the terminal and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/indieweb/meetable.git
This command will clone the Meetable repository to your current working directory.
After cloning the Meetable repository, navigate to the Meetable directory and install all the necessary dependencies by running the following command:
cd meetable
npm install
This command will install all the required dependencies for Meetable.
Meetable requires some environment variables to be set before it can be run properly. Set the following environment variables by creating a .env file in the root directory of the Meetable project and adding the following lines to it:
NODE_ENV=development
DATABASE_URL=sqlite://./data/meetable.sqlite3
SESSION_SECRET=<your_secret_key_here>
Replace <your_secret_key_here> with a secret key of your choice. Save the file after making the required changes.
Meetable uses a database to store event and attendee information. You can initialize the database by running the following command:
npm run db:init
This will create a new SQLite database named meetable.sqlite3 in the data directory.
The last step is to build and run the Meetable application. You can do this by running the following command:
npm run build:prod
npm run start:prod
This will build the application in production mode and start the server. By default, Meetable will start on port 3000. You can access the application by navigating to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Meetable on Linux Mint. With Meetable, you can easily manage and promote your events in an open and decentralized way. Start exploring the features of Meetable and customize it according to your needs.
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