Paperless-ngx is an open-source document management system that helps you to manage your documents efficiently. It is based on Django and can be used to store, search, and organize your documents in a user-friendly web interface. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Paperless-ngx on POP! OS Latest.
Before starting with the installation of Paperless-ngx, please make sure that:
First, we need to install some dependencies that are required to run Paperless-ngx. These dependencies include Python, pip, and other necessary libraries.
To install them, run the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev -y
Next, we will create a virtual environment to install Paperless-ngx.
To create a virtual environment, run the following command:
sudo apt install python3-venv -y
python3 -m venv ~/paperless-venv
The above command will create a new virtual environment for Paperless-ngx in the home directory named paperless-venv.
To activate the virtual environment, run the following command:
source ~/paperless-venv/bin/activate
Now, we will download and install Paperless-ngx.
To download the latest release of Paperless-ngx, run the following command:
wget https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/archive/refs/tags/v2.9.1.tar.gz -O ~/paperless.tar.gz
In the above command, we have downloaded the latest version of Paperless-ngx, which is "v2.9.1". You can download the latest release by visiting https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/releases.
Now, we will extract the downloaded file and install Paperless-ngx using the following commands:
tar -xvf ~/paperless.tar.gz -C ~/paperless --strip-components=1
cd ~/paperless
pip install wheel
pip install -r requirements.txt
./manage.py migrate
npm install
./manage.py bower
Finally, to run the Paperless-ngx server, run the following command:
./manage.py runserver
It will start the Paperless-ngx server on localhost with default port 8000.
To access Paperless-ngx, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Paperless-ngx on your POP! OS Latest. Now, you can start using Paperless-ngx to manage your documents easily.
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