How to Install Kresus on NetBSD

Kresus is a free, open-source personal finance manager that helps you keep track of your expenses and income. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Kresus on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

• A system running NetBSD
• Root access to the system

Step 1: Install Node.js

Kresus requires Node.js to run. To install Node.js on NetBSD, use the pkgin package manager.

# pkgin update
# pkgin install nodejs

Step 2: Install Kresus

Next, we will install Kresus itself. To do this, we will clone the Kresus repository from Github.

# git clone https://framagit.org/benjamin/kresus.git

Navigate to the kresus directory.

cd kresus

Install the dependencies.

npm install

Step 3: Configure Kresus

To configure Kresus, we need to create a data directory and set up the configuration file.

# mkdir /var/kresus
# cp config/default.json config/prod.json

Edit the prod.json file to set up the configuration.

{
  "url": "http://0.0.0.0:9876",
  "port": 9876,
  "host": "0.0.0.0",
  "backend": {
    "type": "sqlite",
    "path": "/var/kresus/data.sqlite"
  },
  "demonized": true
}

Change the backend path to reflect the path of the data directory we created in the previous step.

Step 4: Start Kresus

Once the configuration is set up, we can start Kresus.

# npm run build
# PORT=9876 NODE_ENV=production npm start

You should now be able to access Kresus in your browser by navigating to http://<hostname>:9876.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Kresus on NetBSD. Kresus is a versatile and powerful personal finance manager, and we hope this guide will help you get started with it.

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