In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Papermerge on Ubuntu Server Latest. Papermerge is an open-source document management system that allows you to store, manage, and organize your documents in a simple and efficient way.
Before we begin, make sure you have access to the terminal of your Ubuntu Server and have administrative privileges.
The first step is to download Papermerge. You can do so by running the following command:
wget -O papermerge.zip https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/archive/latest.zip
This command will download the latest version of Papermerge and save it as a zip file called papermerge.zip in your current directory.
Next, we need to install the dependencies required by Papermerge. You can do so by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libtiff5 libjpeg8 libopenjp2-7-dev zlib1g-dev python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-dev libpq-dev postgresql
This command will update your package list, install the necessary dependencies, and install PostgreSQL, which is the database management system used by Papermerge.
Once the dependencies are installed, we need to create a new PostgreSQL database for Papermerge. You can do so by running the following command:
sudo su postgres -c 'createdb papermerge'
This command will create a new database called papermerge.
Next, we need to create a new user for the database. You can do so by running the following commands:
sudo su postgres -c 'createuser papermerge'
sudo su postgres -c "psql -c \"ALTER USER papermerge WITH PASSWORD 'password';\""
Replace password with a strong and secure password of your choosing.
Once the database is set up, we can proceed to install Papermerge. First, we need to extract the contents of the papermerge.zip file we downloaded earlier. You can do so by running the following command:
unzip papermerge.zip
This command will extract the contents of the zip file into a new directory called papermerge-latest.
Next, we need to install Papermerge by running the following command:
cd papermerge-latest
sudo pip3 install .
This command will install Papermerge and its dependencies.
Now that Papermerge is installed, we need to configure it. First, we need to create a new configuration file. You can do so by running the following command:
sudo mkdir /etc/papermerge
sudo nano /etc/papermerge/papermerge.cfg
This command will create a new directory called /etc/papermerge and open up a new empty configuration file called papermerge.cfg using the nano text editor.
Copy and paste the following configuration options into the file:
[app]
secret_key = my_secret_key
debug = false
[db]
host = localhost
port = 5432
name = papermerge
user = papermerge
password = password
[ocr]
lang = eng
Replace my_secret_key with a new and long secret key of your choosing.
Also, replace password with the same secure password you used earlier when creating the new database user.
Now, we need to create a new superuser for Papermerge. You can do so by running the following command:
sudo papermerge create_superuser
This command will prompt you to enter a username, email address, and password for the new superuser.
Finally, we can start Papermerge by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start papermerge
This command will start the Papermerge service.
You can now access the Papermerge web interface by visiting http://localhost:8000 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and set up Papermerge on Ubuntu Server Latest.
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