Hospital Run is a free, open-source hospital information system that aims to make healthcare more accessible to people who need it. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Hospital Run on POP! OS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to ensure that your system is up to date. Open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Hospital Run requires Node.js to be installed on your system. Run the following command to install the Node.js package:
sudo apt install nodejs
Verify the installation by checking the version of Node.js installed:
node -v
Hospital Run requires a PostgreSQL database to be set up on your system. Install PostgreSQL by running the following command:
sudo apt install postgresql
PostgreSQL should start automatically after the installation. If not, you can start it manually using the following command:
sudo systemctl start postgresql
You also need to create a user and database in PostgreSQL for Hospital Run to use:
sudo su - postgres
createuser --createdb --encrypted --pwprompt hospitalrun
createdb --owner=hospitalrun hospitalrun
exit
Now that you have installed all the prerequisites, you can proceed with installing Hospital Run. Run the following commands:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 7180B607AE945F9FEAE07A78BD3B92B1CCB7DDA3
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/hospitalrun/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hospitalrun.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install hospitalrun
The installation process will take a few minutes to complete.
After installing Hospital Run, you need to configure it to use the PostgreSQL database that you set up earlier. Open the config.json file:
sudo nano /usr/share/hospitalrun/config.json
Replace the values for the username, password, and database fields with the values you set up for your PostgreSQL database.
{
"development": {
"database": "hospitalrun",
"username": "hospitalrun",
"password": "your_password",
"dialect": "postgres",
"logging": false
}
}
Save and exit the file.
Finally, start Hospital Run using the following command:
sudo systemctl start hospitalrun
Navigate to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser to access Hospital Run.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Hospital Run on POP! OS Latest. You can now use Hospital Run to manage patient records and provide better healthcare to your patients.
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