How to Install Huginn on Manjaro

Huginn is an open-source self-hosted personal assistant that can automate tasks, monitor website changes, and can perform various other tasks. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install and set up Huginn on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before you proceed with the installation of Huginn, you need to have the following requirements met:

• A Manjaro system with a sudo user.
• A working internet connection.
• Ruby 2.7.x or higher.
• MySQL database server.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

To install Huginn, we need to install some essential packages and dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command to install the necessary packages:

sudo pacman -S make gcc nodejs npm mariadb mariadb-clients ruby

Step 2: Create a MySQL Database

Huginn requires a MySQL database to store its data. Follow the below steps to create a database and a new user for Huginn:

1. Open the MariaDB shell by running the following command:

   sudo mysql
   

2. Create a new user for Huginn by executing the following command:

   CREATE USER 'huginn'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
   

   Replace password with your desired password for the new user.

3. Create a new database for Huginn by running the below command:

   CREATE DATABASE huginn_production CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
   

4. Grant the database privileges to the Huginn user:

   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON huginn_production.* TO 'huginn'@'localhost';
   

5. Flush the privileges and exit from the MariaDB shell:

   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   exit
   

Step 3: Install Huginn

Now, we are ready to install Huginn. Follow the below steps to install and configure Huginn:

1. Clone the Huginn repository from Github by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/huginn/huginn.git && cd huginn
   

2. Install the Ruby dependencies required to run Huginn:

   bundle install --without development test
   

3. Run the following command to generate the Huginn configuration file:

   cp .env.example .env
   

4. Edit the .env file and set the database details:

   DATABASE_URL=mysql2://huginn:password@localhost/huginn_production
   

   Replace password with the password you set for the database user in Step 2.

5. Create the database tables and seed data:

   bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate db:seed
   

6. Run the Huginn server by running the command:

   foreman start
   

7. Verify and check Huginn by visiting http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install and set up Huginn on Manjaro. You can now create agents and automate tasks with Huginn.

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