Family Accounting Tool (FACTO) is a free and open-source accounting software that helps you manage your family finances. Installing it on POP! OS is a straightforward process that can be done in just a few steps. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install FACTO on your POP! OS system.
Before you begin, make sure the following requirements are met:
It is always a good practice to update your system packages to the latest version before installing any new software. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Type in your password when prompted and wait for the update process to complete.
FACTO requires some dependencies to be installed on your system before you can run it. You can install them by running the following command:
sudo apt install python3-pip python3-venv git
Now that you have installed the required dependencies, you can download FACTO from its GitHub repository. You can do this by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/nymanjens/facto.git
This will create a local copy of the FACTO repository in your current working directory.
It is a best practice to run FACTO in a virtual environment. A virtual environment allows you to install the required packages for FACTO without affecting your system's global Python installation. To create a virtual environment, run the following command:
cd facto
python3 -m venv env
This will create a virtual environment directory named env within the facto directory.
Before installing the required packages in the virtual environment, you need to activate it. You can do this by running the following command:
source env/bin/activate
You will see the name of your virtual environment displayed in your terminal prompt.
Now that you have activated the virtual environment, you can install the required packages for FACTO. You can do this by running the following command:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
This will install all the required packages for FACTO in your virtual environment.
You can now run FACTO by running the following command:
python3 run.py
This will start the FACTO application. You can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:5000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and run FACTO on your POP! OS system. You can now use it to manage your family finances. If you ever need to update or uninstall FACTO, you can do so by following the same steps outlined in this tutorial.
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