Installing Baserow on Arch Linux

Baserow is an open source online database tool that allows you to create and manage your own database without any coding knowledge. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Baserow on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

To install Baserow on Arch Linux, you need to have the following software installed on your system:

• Git
• Python 3
• pip

Step 1: Install system packages

First, open your terminal and update the system package list by running the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

Next, install the required system packages using the following command:

sudo pacman -S git python python-pip postgresql

Step 2: Clone Baserow repository

Next, clone the Baserow repository from GitHub into your system using the following command:

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

Navigate to the cloned directory:

cd baserow

Step 3: Install the required packages

Now, install the required Python packages using the following command:

sudo pip install -r requirements/base.txt

Step 4: Setup PostgreSQL

Create a new database using the following command:

sudo -u postgres createdb baserow

Create a new user account and set a password for the database using the following command:

sudo -u postgres createuser --interactive

Once you have created the user, assign it to the new database using the following command:

sudo -u postgres psql;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE baserow TO <username>;
\q

Step 5: Configure Baserow

Copy the example settings file to create a new local settings file:

cp ./baserow/settings/example.local.py ./baserow/settings/local.py

Open the local.py file for editing:

nano ./baserow/settings/local.py

Change the following configuration settings:

# DATABASES
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# by default we use the sqlite3 database, but feel free to switch to postgresql
# http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'baserow',
        'USER': '<username>',
        'PASSWORD': 'password',
        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}

Step 6: Setup the database

Create a new superuser account to manage Baserow using the following command:

./manage.py createsuperuser

Next, make the necessary migrations using the following command:

./manage.py migrate

Step 7: Launch Baserow

Now you can launch Baserow using the following command:

./manage.py runserver

Once the application is launched, you can access it by visiting http://127.0.0.1:8000/ on your web browser.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Baserow on your Arch Linux system. Now you can create and manage your own database with this powerful tool.