Installing Reciphpes on Fedora Server

Reciphpes is an open source recipe app built on Django and React. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Reciphpes on Fedora Server.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, you should have the following:

• Access to a terminal window
• Basic knowledge of Linux command-line interface

Step 1: Update your system

First, let us update the system by running the following command:

$ sudo dnf update

If there are updates available, press "y" to proceed with the update.

Step 2: Install necessary packages

Reciphpes requires Python 3.8 or later and other packages to be installed. Run the following command to install them:

$ sudo dnf install -y git gcc python3-devel postgresql postgresql-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel cairo cairo-devel pango pango-devel gdk-pixbuf2-devel

Step 3: Set up PostgreSQL

Reciphpes uses PostgreSQL as its database management system. Install it and create a user and database for Reciphpes:

$ sudo dnf install -y postgresql-server
$ sudo systemctl enable postgresql
$ sudo systemctl start postgresql

# Create user
$ sudo -u postgres createuser -P reciphpes

# Create database
$ sudo -u postgres createdb reciphpesdb -O reciphpes

Step 4: Clone the Reciphpes repository

Next, clone the Reciphpes repository from GitHub using the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/nanawel/reciphpes.git

Step 5: Set up virtual environment

Reciphpes uses a virtual environment to isolate its dependencies. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

$ python3 -m venv reciphpes_env
$ source reciphpes_env/bin/activate

Step 6: Install dependencies

Now, let's install all the necessary Python dependencies using the requirements file:

$ cd reciphpes/
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 7: Set up environment variables

Create a .env file in the reciphpes/ directory:

$ touch .env

Edit the file using your favorite text editor and add the following lines, replacing <PASSWORD> with your PostgreSQL password:

SECRET_KEY=yoursecretkeyhere
DATABASE_URL=postgres://reciphpes:<PASSWORD>@localhost/reciphpesdb

Step 8: Run the migrations

We need to run the migrations to set up the database tables:

$ python manage.py migrate

Step 9: Launch the server

Finally, start the development server using the following command:

$ python manage.py runserver

You should now be able to access Reciphpes by going to http://localhost:8000/ in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have walked you through the steps needed to install Reciphpes on Fedora Server. You now have a fully functioning recipe app that you can use to save and share your favorite recipes. Happy cooking!