In this tutorial, we will be using MXLinux Latest to install Bitpoll, a polling system developed by the Free Student Association of Computer Science at the University of Hamburg.
Before we start, you need to have the following:
Our first step is to install Git, a version control system that allows us to clone and access repositories like Bitpoll.
To install Git, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install git
Next, we need to clone the Bitpoll repository from GitHub. To do this, navigate to the directory where you want to install Bitpoll using the cd command, then run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/fsinfuhh/Bitpoll.git
This will create a new directory named Bitpoll containing all the necessary scripts and files for Bitpoll.
Bitpoll requires several dependencies to run properly. We can easily install them using the apt package manager. Run the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-venv sqlite3
This will install Python 3 and its package installer, virtual environment manager, and SQLite3 database management system.
To avoid conflicting dependencies, we will create a virtual environment specifically for Bitpoll. Navigate to the Bitpoll directory and run the following commands:
python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
This will create a virtual environment in the env directory and activate it.
With the virtual environment active, we can now install Bitpoll's dependencies using pip. Run the following command:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
This will install all the required Python modules and packages for Bitpoll to run.
Bitpoll uses SQLite3 as its database management system. To initialize the database, run the following command:
python3 init_db.py
This will create a new file named database.db in the Bitpoll directory.
Finally, we can start the Bitpoll server. Run the following command:
python3 server.py
This will start the server on your local machine. You can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:5000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Bitpoll on MXLinux Latest.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Bitpoll on MXLinux Latest. By cloning the repository, installing dependencies, and running the necessary commands, we were able to set up a working Bitpoll server on our local machine.
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