In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Helpy on POP! OS latest version using the command line.
Before we start the installation process for Helpy, we need to install some required dependencies. Run the following command to update your system's package list and install the dependencies.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git curl unzip mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev imagemagick libc6-dev
If you do not have rbenv installed on your system, you can run the following commands to install it.
git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL
Now that we have installed the required dependencies, we can proceed with downloading and installing Helpy using the following commands.
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/helpyio/helpy.git
cd helpy
./bootstrap.sh production
This command will download the Helpy source code into your home directory and run the bootstrap script to install all required dependencies for Helpy.
We need to create a MySQL database to store Helpy's data. Run the following command to create a new MySQL database and user.
sudo mysql
Once you are in the MySQL shell, run the following commands.
CREATE DATABASE helpy;
CREATE USER 'helpy'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON helpy.* TO 'helpy'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace your_password_here with a strong password.
Now that we have installed Helpy and created a MySQL database, we need to configure Helpy to use the database. Run the following commands to copy the default configuration file and edit it.
cp config/application.yml.example config/application.yml
nano config/application.yml
Find the following lines and replace them with the appropriate values for your MySQL database.
username: YOUR_MYSQL_USERNAME
password: YOUR_MYSQL_PASSWORD
database: YOUR_MYSQL_DATABASE_NAME
Save and exit the file.
We can now start Helpy using the following commands.
sudo bundle exec rails s -b 0.0.0.0 -p 80 -e production
This command will start Helpy on port 80. You can now access Helpy by navigating to http://your_server_ip/ in your web browser.
You have successfully installed Helpy on POP! OS latest using the command line. You can now use Helpy to manage your support tickets and assist your customers.
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