How to Install Ghostfolio on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Ghostfolio, an open-source portfolio tracker, on Alpine Linux latest release.

Prerequisites

• A running instance of Alpine Linux latest version.
• A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Ghostfolio has some dependencies that we will need to install first. Open your terminal and run the following command:

sudo apk update && sudo apk add --no-cache curl nodejs npm git

The above command updates the package manager and installs required dependencies such as curl, nodejs, npm and git.

Step 2: Clone GitHub Repository

To install Ghostfolio, we will need to clone the GitHub repository. Run the following command to clone the repository to your local directory:

git clone https://github.com/ghostfolio/ghostfolio.git

This command will clone the Ghostfolio repository into the ghostfolio directory.

Step 3: Install Ghostfolio

Next, we will move into the cloned directory and install the required dependencies using npm. Run the following command to install dependencies:

cd ghostfolio
npm install

Once the installation completes, you can start Ghostfolio using the following command:

npm run start

Step 4: Access Ghostfolio

Ghostfolio is now running, and you can access it using your web browser. Open your browser and type http://localhost:3000/ in the address bar.

You should now see the Ghostfolio web interface.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Ghostfolio on Alpine Linux. Now you can customize Ghostfolio and start tracking your investment portfolio.