Tracim is an open-source collaborative platform that enables organizations to share, organize, and manage their knowledge and information. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Tracim on POP! OS, a Linux-based operating system.
Before we start, you need to have the following prerequisites:
Follow the below steps to install Tracim on your POP! OS system.
Tracim requires PostgreSQL as a relational database management system. By default, PostgreSQL is not installed on your system. Run the following commands to install PostgreSQL and its dependencies.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib libpq-dev -y
Once the installation is completed, enable PostgreSQL and start its service.
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
sudo systemctl start postgresql
Tracim is built with NodeJS. You can easily install NodeJS and its dependencies using the below commands.
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install nodejs -y
sudo apt-get install build-essential -y
You can verify the installation by running the following command.
node --version
Now, we will install Tracim from its official Github repository. First, clone the repository using the below command.
git clone https://github.com/tracim/tracim.git
After cloning the repository, navigate to the tracim folder.
cd tracim
Install the dependencies with the following command.
npm install
We need to configure the database. Open the config/default.yaml file using a text editor.
nano config/default.yaml
Change the database configuration to match the details of the postgresql installation that you have done in step 1.
db:
type: postgres
host: localhost
port: 5432
user: tracim
pass: password
dbname: tracim_db
Save and close the file.
Finally, run the below command to start the Tracim server.
npm start
Tracim will now be accessible at http://localhost:5000 in your web browser.
We have shown you how to install Tracim on your POP! OS system. You can now use this collaborative platform to manage and organize your knowledge and information.
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