IHateMoney is an open-source application that helps you manage and track shared expenses among a group of people. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install IHateMoney on MXLinux.
Before installing IHateMoney, make sure that you have the following:
Follow these steps to install IHateMoney on MXLinux:
To update your system, launch the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
IHateMoney requires the following packages to be installed:
Use the following command to install them:
sudo apt install python3-pip python3-dev libpq-dev postgresql postgresql-contrib
IHateMoney requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. Use the following commands to create a new database and user:
sudo su - postgres
createdb ihatemoney
createuser ihatemoney
To install IHateMoney, run the following command:
sudo pip3 install ihatemoney
Navigate to the /etc/ihatemoney directory by running the following command:
cd /etc/ihatemoney
Create a file named ihatemoney.cfg with the following content:
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = "postgresql://ihatemonet:password@localhost/ihatemoney"
SECRET_KEY = "your_secret_key_here"
Replace the your_secret_key_here with a long and complex string of your choice.
To run IHateMoney, use the following command:
ihatemoney runserver --host=0.0.0.0
This command will start the IHateMoney server on port 5000.
Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:5000. You should see the IHateMoney login page. Use the default username admin and the password admin to log in.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install IHateMoney on MXLinux. With IHateMoney, you can easily manage and track shared expenses among your group.
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