How to Install Traduora on Alpine Linux Latest

Traduora is an open-source translation management system that helps to manage translations in various projects. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install Traduora on the latest version of Alpine Linux.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you will need:

  • A virtual or physical machine running Alpine Linux latest
  • A user account with sudo or root access

Step 1: Update the System

Before installing Traduora, you should update your system to ensure that you have the latest packages.

sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Traduora requires some dependencies to be installed on your system before you can run it. Run the following command to install them.

sudo apk add --no-cache git mysql-client nodejs npm yarn

Step 3: Download Traduora

Now, let's download the Traduora source code from the GitHub repository using Git.

sudo git clone https://github.com/translate/translate.git /opt/translate

Step 4: Install Traduora Dependencies and Build the Application

Now, let's move to the Traduora installation directory and install the necessary packages.

cd /opt/translate
sudo yarn install --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive --production=false --ignore-optional

After installing the dependencies, we'll build the application using the following command.

sudo yarn build

Step 5: Configure Traduora

After building the application, you need to configure Traduora before running it. Copy the .env.sample file to the .env file and edit it.

sudo cp .env.sample .env
sudo nano .env

Now, update the .env file with your MySQL database details.

DATABASE_URI=mysql://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<database>

Step 6: Run Traduora

Finally, we are ready to run the Traduora application. Use the following command to start the application.

sudo yarn dev

After running the above command, you should be able to access Traduora at http://localhost:3000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have explained how to install Traduora on Alpine Linux. You can now use Traduora to manage translations in your projects.