How to install Blog on Manjaro

Introduction

In this tutorial, we will look at how to install the Blog application on the Manjaro operating system by using the source code available on GitHub. Blog is an open-source project that allows you to create and manage blogs easily.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites ready:

• A system running on Manjaro
• A user account with sudo permissions
• The git command-line tool installed on your system
• A web server installed, such as Apache or Nginx

Installing Blog

1. Open up a terminal window on your Manjaro system.

2. Install the git command-line tool if you have not already done so by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S git

3. Clone the Blog repository to your local machine by running the following command in the terminal:

git clone https://github.com/m1k1o/blog.git

4. Change to the project directory by running:

cd blog

5. Install the project dependencies by running the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Copy the blog.example.yaml file provided with the project to blog.yaml by running:

cp blog.example.yaml blog.yaml

7. Edit the blog.yaml configuration file by modifying the following lines:

• app.secret_key: set this to a secret key of your choosing.
• db.engine.url: set this to the connection string for your database.

8. Create the database schema using the following command:

flask db upgrade

9. Run the project in the development mode by running the following command:

flask run

10. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000. You should see the blog application running.

Conclusion

We have successfully installed Blog on our Manjaro system by using the source code available on GitHub. You can now use the application to create and manage your blogs easily.

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