Indico is an event management system that helps organize conferences, workshops, and other academic events. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Indico on NetBSD.
Before we get started, make sure your NetBSD system meets the following minimum requirements:
Firstly, update your system packages to the latest version:
$ sudo pkgin update && sudo pkgin full-upgrade
Next, we need to install some necessary packages for the Indico installation process. Run the following commands:
$ sudo pkgin install postgresql-server
$ sudo pkgin install postgresql10-client
$ sudo pkgin install py38-pip
$ sudo pkgin install py38-virtualenv
Now we are going to set up our Postgres database and user for the Indico application. Run the following commands:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ createdb indico
$ createuser indico -P
Answer the prompt to provide a password and then enter it twice.
We are going to set up a Python virtual environment for the Indico installation. This will help in managing the application and its dependencies.
$ virtualenv -p python3.8 indico_venv
$ source indico_venv/bin/activate
We can finally install Indico using pip.
$ pip install indico
The final step is to initialize the Indico application.
$ indico setup create_all
This command will install the required tables in the database and create the configuration file for the application.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Indico on NetBSD. You can now start the Indico server using the following command:
$ indico run
Then, navigate to http://localhost:8000/ on your browser, and you should see the Indico application homepage.
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