Dashy is an open-source dashboard web application developed using Python and Flask. It is designed to provide a simple and elegant interface to monitor various activities in real-time. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing and running Dashy on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed:
Most Linux distributions come with Python pre-installed, but it is important to ensure that we have the latest version of Python 3.x installed. To install Python 3.x on OpenSUSE Latest, run the following command:
sudo zypper install python3
Pip is a package manager for Python that allows us to easily install and manage Python packages. To install pip on OpenSUSE Latest, run the following command:
sudo zypper install python3-pip
Git is a version control system that is used to manage code repositories. We will use Git to download the Dashy source code from Github. To install Git on OpenSUSE Latest, run the following command:
sudo zypper install git
To clone the Dashy repository, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/lissy93/dashy.git
This will download the Dashy source code to your local machine.
To install the dependencies required by Dashy, navigate to the project directory and run the following command:
cd dashy
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
This will install all the required dependencies for Dashy.
To start the Dashy server, run the following command:
python3 app.py
This will start the Dashy server at http://localhost:5000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and run Dashy on OpenSUSE Latest. Dashy is a powerful tool that can help you monitor various activities in real-time, and we hope this tutorial has been helpful in getting you started.
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