How to Install InvenioRDM on Alpine Linux Latest

InvenioRDM is an open source research data management platform developed by CERN. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install InvenioRDM on Alpine Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you should have the following:

• A computer running Alpine Linux Latest
• Basic knowledge of the Linux command line

Step 1: Install Dependencies

We need to install the required dependencies for InvenioRDM. Run the following commands on your terminal:

sudo apk add --no-cache \
  gcc \
  musl-dev \
  libffi-dev \
  openssl-dev \
  python3-dev \
  py3-pip \
  zlib-dev \
  bzip2-dev \
  readline-dev \
  sqlite-dev

Step 2: Install InvenioRDM

We can now install InvenioRDM using pip. Run the following command:

pip install invenio-cli invenio-rdm

Step 3: Initialize InvenioRDM

After installing InvenioRDM, we need to initialize the database and create a superuser. Run the following commands:

export FLASK_APP=invenio_app.app
invenio db init
invenio index init
invenio rdm-records init
invenio rdm-records demo
flask users create --active --superuser [email protected]

Note: Replace "[email protected]" with your desired email address.

Step 4: Run InvenioRDM

Finally, we can run InvenioRDM using Flask's built-in development server. Run the following command:

flask run

To access InvenioRDM, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:5000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install InvenioRDM on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now start using InvenioRDM to manage your research data.