Docassemble is a free, open-source platform that helps you create web applications and document automation workflows. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install Docassemble on Linux Mint Latest. The steps described in this tutorial are specifically for Linux Mint version 20, but they should work for other versions as well.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
You can check if you have Python and Git installed on your device by typing the following commands in your terminal:
python3 --version
git --version
If both commands return output with version numbers, you can proceed with the installation.
Before we install Docassemble, we need to install several dependencies. To install them, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install build-essential python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-cffi libffi-dev libpq-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev
This command will install a variety of packages and libraries required by Docassemble.
Once the dependencies are installed, we need to clone the Docassemble repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/jhpyle/docassemble.git
This command will clone the repository to your current directory.
Now that we have the repository cloned, we can install Docassemble. To do this, navigate to the directory that contains the cloned repository, then run the following command:
sudo python3 setup.py install
This command will install Docassemble and all its dependencies.
After installation, we need to start the Docassemble server. To start the server, navigate to the root directory of the cloned repository, then run the following command:
da start
This command will start the Docassemble server on your device. You can access the server by opening your web browser and navigating to http://<your-device-ip>:80.
In this tutorial, we discussed how to install Docassemble on Linux Mint Latest. Now that you have Docassemble installed and running, you can start creating your web applications and document automation workflows. If you encounter any issues during the installation process, please refer to the official Docassemble documentation or the GitHub repository for help.
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