Inventree is an open-source inventory and manufacturing management system. It is a Python-based application that allows businesses to manage their inventory, manufacturing activities, and sales in a more efficient way. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Inventree on Manjaro.
Before we install Inventree, we need to install Git if it is not already present on our system. Follow the below command to install Git.
sudo pacman -S git
Inventree is hosted on the GitHub repository. Clone the repository to your system using the following command.
git clone https://github.com/inventree/Inventree.git
Before we can start using Inventree, we need to install its Python dependencies. Use the following commands to install Python and other dependencies.
sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel
pip install -r Inventree/requirements.txt
Inventree uses PostgreSQL as its default database. Install PostgreSQL in your system and create a database and user for Inventree.
sudo pacman -S postgresql
sudo -iu postgres
createdb inventree
createuser --interactive --pwprompt
Inventree has a file named settings.py in the Inventree/Inventree directory. Copy the local.sample.py to local.py and edit the values in the DATABASES dictionary to match your PostgreSQL configuration.
cd Inventree/Inventree
cp local.sample.py local.py
nano local.py
Edit the following fields in the DATABASES dictionary of local.py.
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
'NAME': 'inventree',
'USER': 'inventreeuser',
'PASSWORD': 'inventreepassword',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '5432',
}
}
Inventree uses Django as its web framework, and it requires database migration to create the database schema. Run the following command to migrate the database schema.
./Inventree/manage.py migrate
Create a superuser account, which will give you administrative access to Inventree.
./Inventree/manage.py createsuperuser
Finally, we can start the Inventree server by running the following command.
./Inventree/manage.py runserver
You should now be able to access Inventree's web interface by visiting http://localhost:8000 in your web browser.
We have successfully installed Inventree on Manjaro by following these simple steps. You can now use Inventree to manage your inventory, manufacturing activities and sales in a more efficient way.
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