Xandikos is a CalDAV/CardDAV server that allows you to sync your calendar and address book data across devices. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Xandikos on MXLinux Latest.
Before starting the installation of Xandikos, you will need the following:
Xandikos requires Python to be installed on your system. You can install Python by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3
Next, you will need to install several packages that are required by Xandikos. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-venv libffi-dev libssl-dev libjpeg-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev
We will now create a virtual environment for Xandikos. This will allow us to keep Xandikos and its dependencies isolated from the rest of the system. Run the following commands to create and activate a virtual environment:
python3 -m venv xandikos
source xandikos/bin/activate
With the virtual environment activated, we can now install Xandikos using pip:
pip3 install xandikos
Now that Xandikos has been installed, we need to configure it. Create a new configuration file by running the following commands:
mkdir ~/.config/xandikos
touch ~/.config/xandikos/config.ini
Open the config.ini file in your text editor and add the following content:
[server]
host = 127.0.0.1
port = 8080
[storage]
path = /path/to/data/folder/
Make sure to replace /path/to/data/folder/ with the path to your desired data folder.
With Xandikos installed and configured, you can now start the server by running the following command:
xandikos --config ~/.config/xandikos/config.ini
You can now access your Xandikos server by visiting http://localhost:8080 in your web browser. You should see a message saying "Xandikos is running".
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install and configure Xandikos on MXLinux Latest. Xandikos is now ready to use!
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