How to Install Papermerge on Elementary OS Latest

Papermerge is an open-source document management system that allows you to organize, store and retrieve digital documents. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Papermerge on Elementary OS Latest using Python 3.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following:

• A user account with sudo privileges
• Python 3 (version 3.7 or later)
• pip package manager

Step 1: Update the System

First, let's update the system to ensure that all packages are up to date:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Next, we need to install some required packages before we can install Papermerge. Run the following command to install them:

sudo apt-get install libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev python3-dev python3-pip

Step 3: Install PostgreSQL

Papermerge requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. To install PostgreSQL, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib

Step 4: Create PostgreSQL User and Database

Now we need to create a PostgreSQL user and database for Papermerge. Run the following commands to create a new user and database:

sudo -u postgres createuser papermerge
sudo -u postgres createdb -O papermerge papermerge

Step 5: Install Papermerge

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

sudo pip3 install papermerge

Step 6: Configure Papermerge

Now we need to configure Papermerge. Create a new directory for the Papermerge configuration file:

mkdir ~/.config/papermerge/

Create a new configuration file:

nano ~/.config/papermerge/settings.py

Add the following configuration to the file:

from pathlib import Path
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "media"
STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "static"
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'papermerge',
        'USER': 'papermerge',
        'PASSWORD': 'papermerge',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}

Replace the database credentials with your PostgreSQL credentials.

Step 7: Create a Superuser

We need to create a superuser account to manage Papermerge. Run the following command to create a new superuser:

papermerge createsuperuser

Follow the prompts to set a username, email and password.

Step 8: Run the Server

Finally, we can start the Papermerge server by running the following command:

papermerge runserver

You can now access the Papermerge web interface by visiting http://localhost:8000/ in your web browser. Log in with the superuser account that you created in Step 7.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Papermerge on your Elementary OS Latest system!