How to Install Traccar on Manjaro

Traccar is a free and open-source GPS tracking software used for fleet management. With Traccar, you can monitor the movements of your vehicles or devices in real-time through a web-based interface. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Traccar on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, you should have the following:

• A Manjaro Linux system with root or sudo privileges.
• Basic knowledge of working with the terminal.

Installation Steps

1. Open the terminal on your Manjaro system by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.

2. Update the system packages by running the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

3. Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) using Pacman package manager:

sudo pacman -S jre8-openjdk-headless

4. Next, download the traccar-linux-x64.zip file from the official website:

wget https://github.com/traccar/traccar/releases/download/v4.14/traccar-linux-x64.zip

5. Unzip the downloaded file using the following command:

unzip traccar-linux-x64.zip

6. Move the extracted folder to the /opt directory:

sudo mv traccar /opt/.

7. Create a traccar user account to run Traccar:

sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false traccar

8. Change the ownership of the Traccar directory to the traccar user:

sudo chown -R traccar:traccar /opt/traccar/

9. Modify the Traccar configuration file to suit your requirements:

sudo nano /opt/traccar/conf/traccar.xml

10. You can now start Traccar using the following command:

sudo /opt/traccar/bin/traccar start

11. You can verify that Traccar is running by checking the service status:

sudo /opt/traccar/bin/traccar status

Enable Traccar At Startup

To enable Traccar to run at system startup, perform the following steps:

1. Create a traccar.service file in the /etc/systemd/system directory:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/traccar.service

2. Add the following content to the file:

[Unit]
Description=Traccar GPS tracking server
After=network.target

[Service]
User=traccar
Group=traccar
Type=simple
ExecStart=/opt/traccar/bin/traccar start
ExecStop=/opt/traccar/bin/traccar stop

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

3. Save and close the file.

4. Reload the systemd daemon to take the system startup changes into account:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

5. Enable the Traccar service to start at system startup:

sudo systemctl enable traccar.service

6. You can now start, stop or restart the Traccar service using the following commands:

sudo systemctl start traccar.service
sudo systemctl stop traccar.service
sudo systemctl restart traccar.service

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Traccar on Manjaro. Once installed, you can use Traccar to monitor your fleet in real-time through a web-based interface.

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