Mealie is a self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner that can be run on a variety of operating systems including NetBSD. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to install Mealie on NetBSD.
Prerequisites
- NetBSD installed on your device.
- An active internet connection.
- Basic knowledge of using the command line.
Step 1: Install Docker
Mealie requires Docker to be installed on your NetBSD system. To install Docker, follow these steps:
- Open a terminal window.
- Enter the command
pkgin update.
- Type
pkgin install docker from the terminal window.
- Wait for the installation process to complete.
Step 2: Download Mealie
- Open a terminal window.
- Type
git clone https://github.com/hay-kot/mealie.git.
- Wait for the download process to complete.
Step 3: Run Mealie with Docker Compose
- Navigate to the Mealie directory that you just downloaded, for example:
cd ~/Downloads/mealie/.
- Type
docker-compose up -d.
- Wait for the containers to build and start running.
Step 4: Access Mealie
- Once the containers have started running, open a web browser and navigate to
http://localhost:9000.
- You will be taken to the Mealie login page.
- Create a new user account, or log in with an existing account.
- Start adding your favorite recipes and meal plans!
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and started using Mealie on NetBSD!
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