RecipeSage is an open-source web application for browsing, searching, and organizing recipes. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install RecipeSage on nixOS Latest.
Before we start with the installation process, there are a few prerequisites that you need to have:
Follow these steps to install RecipeSage on nixOS Latest:
The first step is to install Git on your nixOS Latest instance. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.git
Next, you need to clone the RecipeSage repository from GitHub. You can do this by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/julianpoy/recipesage.git
This will create a new directory in your current working directory named 'recipesage'.
RecipeSage requires several additional packages to run successfully. Run the following command to install them:
nix-shell -p python38Packages.pillow python38Packages.psycopg2 python38Packages.sqlalchemy python38Packages.xlrd python38Packages.xlwt python38Packages.flask python38Packages.alembic python38Packages.flask-login python38Packages.flask-security python38Packages.flask-wtf python38Packages.gunicorn python38Packages.invoke python38Packages.pytest python38Packages.pytest-flask python38Packages.unidecode python38Packages.uu python38Packages.virtualenv python38Packages.wheel python38Packages.pip python38Packages.jsonschema python38Packages.mod_wsgi python38Packages.markdown python38Packages.html5lib
Set up a virtual environment to install the necessary Python libraries.
Run the following commands to create and activate the virtual environment:
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
Once the virtual environment is activated, you can install the dependencies with pip:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Before you run RecipeSage, you need to initialize the database. You can do this by running the following commands:
flask db init
flask db migrate
flask db upgrade
Finally, you can run RecipeSage by running the following command:
FLASK_APP=recipesage flask run
Congratulations! You have successfully installed RecipeSage on nixOS Latest.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install RecipeSage on nixOS Latest. By following these steps, you should have a working RecipeSage installation up and running in no time. Now, you can start browsing, searching, and organizing your favorite recipes with ease.
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