Mejiro is a powerful bug tracking system for software development teams. It is an open-source project that offers a wide range of features to help streamline your bug tracking process. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of Mejiro on MXLinux Latest.
Before we begin, you will need to ensure that the following requirements are met:
Follow the steps below to install Mejiro on MXLinux Latest:
First, we need to install some packages required for Mejiro to run properly. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git ruby ruby-dev postgresql libpq-dev imagemagick nodejs npm
This command will install all the necessary packages.
Mejiro is built using the Ruby on Rails framework. To install it, run the following command:
sudo gem install rails -v 5.1.5
We will now clone the Mejiro repository from GitHub. Run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/dmpop/mejiro.git
This will download the repository to your local system.
Next, navigate to the Mejiro directory and install the dependencies by running:
cd mejiro
bundle install
Mejiro uses PostgreSQL as its database. To configure it, create a new user and a database by running the following commands:
sudo -u postgres createuser -s mejiro
sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER mejiro PASSWORD 'password';"
sudo -u postgres createdb -O mejiro mejiro
Note: Replace 'password' with a secure password of your choice.
We need to set up some environment variables that Mejiro will use to connect to the database. Open the .bashrc file by running the following command:
nano ~/.bashrc
and add the following lines at the end of the file:
export MEJIRO_DATABASE_USERNAME=mejiro
export MEJIRO_DATABASE_PASSWORD=password
export MEJIRO_DATABASE_HOST=localhost
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + O and Ctrl + X.
We can now create the necessary tables by running the following command:
rails db:migrate
Finally, start the Mejiro server by running the following command:
rails server
You should now be able to access Mejiro by going to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Mejiro on MXLinux Latest. Mejiro is a powerful bug tracking system that offers a wide range of features to help streamline your bug tracking process. We hope this guide has been helpful, and you are now ready to start using Mejiro.
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