How to Install Docassemble on EndeavourOS

Docassemble is a powerful, open-source tool for creating question-and-answer driven interviews. If you're looking to use docassemble on EndeavourOS, here's what you need to do:

Prerequisites

Before you can install docassemble on EndeavourOS, you'll need to make sure you have a few things in place first:

  1. A working installation of EndeavourOS, version latest.
  2. Python 3.6 or greater installed on your system.
  3. The ability to run commands as an administrator (e.g. sudo access).

Installation Process

Now that you have the prerequisites in place, you can proceed with the installation:

  1. Open Terminal by accessing the computer's command line (press "Ctrl+Alt+T" to open the Terminal window).

  2. Update the package list:

sudo pacman -Syy
  1. Install the base packages required for installing docassemble:
sudo pacman -S git python-pip libffi openssl python-cffi python-wheel python-setuptools
  1. After installing the base packages, we need to install the additional dependencies required for docassemble:
sudo pacman -S postgresql postgresql-libs postgresql-client postgresql-server redis
  1. Now, let’s clone the Docassemble repository via Git:
git clone https://github.com/jhpyle/docassemble.git
cd docassemble
git checkout stable
  1. Install pip requirements:
pip install -r requirements.txt
  1. Inside the docassemble directory, run the docassemble setup script:
python3 setup.py develop
  1. Initialize the database and create an admin user. Run the following command:
da generate-key
# then
da install
# then finally
da initialize

And that's it! Docassemble should now be installed and ready to use on your EndeavourOS system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install docassemble on EndeavourOS. If you followed the steps outlined above, you should now have a fully-functional installation of docassemble on your system. Happy editing!