μlogger is a server software that you can use to track your location, record your exercise, and log your activities. In this tutorial, we are going to see how to install μlogger on Manjaro.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
The first step is to install the dependencies that μlogger requires. Open your terminal emulator and execute the following command:
sudo pacman -S python-pip mariadb
Next, you need to download μlogger from its GitHub repository. Open your terminal emulator and execute the following command:
git clone https://github.com/bfabiszewski/ulogger-server.git
This will clone the repository into a folder named 'ulogger-server'.
Navigate to the cloned folder:
cd ulogger-server
Install μlogger by executing the following command:
sudo python3 setup.py install
After the installation, you need to configure μlogger to connect to your database. Execute the following commands to create a new database and user:
sudo mysql
CREATE DATABASE ulogger;
CREATE USER 'ulogger'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ulogger.* TO 'ulogger'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace 'password' with your preferred password.
Next, create a new configuration file for μlogger:
sudo cp config_example.ini config.ini
Then, open the 'config.ini' file with a text editor:
sudo nano config.ini
Edit the following lines to match your database details:
[database]
dsn=mysql+pymysql://ulogger:password@localhost/ulogger?charset=utf8mb4
Replace 'password' with your database password.
Alternatively, you can use SQLite as your database. Edit the 'config.ini' file as follows:
[database]
dsn=sqlite:////etc/ulogger/data/ulogger.db
You are now ready to start μlogger. Execute the following command:
ulogger-server start
This will start the server in the background. To stop the server, execute:
ulogger-server stop
To check the status of the server, execute:
ulogger-server status
This concludes our tutorial on how to install and configure μlogger on Manjaro. You can now log your activities, record your exercise, and track your location with this powerful server software.
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