Loomio is a free and open-source platform that helps groups make better decisions together. It is designed to empower groups to organize discussions, votes, and agreements in a collaborative way.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Loomio on Void Linux.
Before you begin with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Loomio is built on Ruby on Rails, so we need to install Ruby first. To do that, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo xbps-install ruby
Now we need to install the dependencies required for Loomio to run properly. Run the following command:
sudo xbps-install git gmp-devel libxml2-devel postgresql postgresql-devel libpqxx-devel libxslt-devel libyaml-devel zlib-devel nodejs npm
After installing the dependencies, we need to clone the Loomio repository. Run the following command to do that:
git clone https://github.com/loomio/loomio.git
Bundler is a Ruby gem that helps manage gems and their dependencies. We need to install it using the following command:
sudo gem install bundler
Now we need to install the dependencies required to run Loomio. Change to the loomio directory and run the following command:
bundle install --without test
Loomio uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. We need to create a database and a user for Loomio to use. Run the following commands:
sudo -u postgres createdb loomio_production
sudo -u postgres createuser loomio
Next, we need to grant permission to the loomio user on the loomio_production database:
sudo -u postgres psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE loomio_production TO loomio"
We need to migrate the database schema to the latest version using the following command:
bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
We need to precompile the assets required for Loomio to run. Run the following command to do that:
bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production
Finally, we need to set up some environment variables for Loomio to run. Create a file in the config directory called application.yml:
cd config
cp application.yml.example application.yml
Open application.yml in your favorite editor and change the values according to your environment:
production:
DATABASE_URL: postgres://loomio:password@localhost:5432/loomio_production
LOOMIO_HOSTNAME: your.loomi.host
SECRET_KEY_BASE: a_secure_random_string
DISABLE_MAIL: true
DISABLE_WEBPACKER: true
Make sure to replace your.loomi.host with your own domain name.
After completing all the steps, we are ready to start the Loomio server using the following command:
bundle exec rails server -e production
Visit http://localhost:3000 to see your Loomio instance running.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Loomio on Void Linux.
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