Tracks is a web-based application that is used for project management, task tracking, and time-sheet management. It is an open-source platform that can be used by individuals, small businesses or teams to streamline their workflow.
To install Tracks on OpenSUSE, you need to have a working installation of OpenSUSE Latest. If you do not have OpenSUSE installed on your computer, you can download it from the official OpenSUSE website.
Once you have OpenSUSE up and running, you can proceed with the following steps to install Tracks:
Tracks requires certain dependencies to be installed on your system before it can be installed. Open a terminal and enter the following command to install the necessary dependencies:
sudo zypper install ruby rubygem-rails rubygem-bcrypt libxml2-devel libxslt-devel libmysqlclient-devel libyaml-devel libopenssl-devel mysql-community-server
Tracks is hosted on GitHub, and to download it, you need to have Git installed on your system. Enter the following command in the terminal to install Git:
sudo zypper install git
Create a directory where you want to download the Tracks application. Navigate to that directory in the terminal and execute the following command to clone the Tracks repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/TracksApp/tracks.git
Bundler is a Ruby application that manages Gem dependencies for Ruby applications. Tracks requires Bundler, which can be installed using the following command:
sudo gem install bundler
Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the Tracks application in step 3. Run the following command to install Tracks:
bundle install --without development test --path vendor/bundle
To set up Tracks, we need to create the databases and configure the database settings. Run the following command to create the necessary databases:
rake db:create
Next, we need to import database schema and load some basic data. To do this, execute the following command:
rake db:schema:load
rake db:seed
Finally, we need to set up the admin user account. Run the following command to create an admin user account:
rake tracks:initialize_admin
To start Tracks, run the following command:
rails server
Tracks should now be up and running. You can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Tracks on OpenSUSE Latest!
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