Pretalx is an open-source conference organization tool that helps you manage your conference website, scheduling, talk submission, and more. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Pretalx on Void Linux.
First, open the terminal on your Void Linux system.
Update the packages list and install required dependencies.
sudo xbps-install -Su
sudo xbps-install libffi-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel zlib-devel mariadb mariadb-devel mariadb-client mariadb-libs
Install the virtual environment tool and create a new virtual environment for Pretalx.
sudo pip3 install virtualenv
mkdir ~/pretalx
cd ~/pretalx
virtualenv .env
source .env/bin/activate
Clone the latest version of Pretalx from Github.
git clone https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx.git
cd pretalx
Install the required packages from the requirements.txt file.
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Set up the development environment by creating a development.env file to set up the dummy database and other settings.
cat > development.env <<EOF
DEBUG=True
DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///db.sqlite3
SECRET_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
MAIL_FROM=pretalx@localhost
MAIL_PORT=1025
EOF
Set up the database by running the Django migrations.
./manage.py migrate
Create the initial superuser account.
./manage.py createsuperuser
Start the development server.
./manage.py runserver
Access the Pretalx website in your browser at http://localhost:8000. You should see the Pretalx homepage.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Pretalx on your Void Linux system. Now you can use it to manage and organize your conference events.
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