How to Install Hackershare on Manjaro

Hackershare is a web-based knowledge management platform, which can help you organize and share your knowledge with others. Here are the steps to install it on Manjaro using the command line.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation, make sure that the following packages are installed:

You can install these packages by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S git nodejs postgresql

Installation

Follow the steps below to install Hackershare on Manjaro:

  1. Clone the Hackershare repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/hackershare/hackershare.git
  1. Enter the Hackershare project directory:
cd hackershare
  1. Install the dependencies:
npm install
  1. Create a .env file with the configuration options:
cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file and set the values for the following parameters:

POSTGRES_USER=<your_postgres_username>
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<your_postgres_password>
POSTGRES_DB=<your_postgres_database>
  1. Create the database:
createdb hackershare
  1. Run the database migrations:
npm run knex migrate:latest
  1. Start the server:
npm start

The Hackershare server should now be running on http://localhost:3000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Hackershare on Manjaro. You can now use this powerful tool to manage and share your knowledge with others.

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