How to Install Fava on FreeBSD Latest

Fava is a web interface for the Beancount double-entry accounting system. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Fava on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following requirements:

  • A machine running FreeBSD Latest.
  • A user account with root privileges or access to the sudo command.
  • Internet connection on the machine.

Step 1: Install Python 3 and pip

Fava requires Python 3 to run. To install Python 3 and pip, we can use FreeBSD's package manager pkg.

  1. Open the terminal and update the package repository:
sudo pkg update
  1. Install Python 3 and pip:
sudo pkg install python3 py37-pip
  1. Verify the installation by checking the version of Python 3:
python3 --version

Step 2: Install Fava

There are two ways to install Fava: using pip or from the source code.

Install Fava using pip

  1. Install Fava using pip:
sudo pip install fava
  1. Verify the installation by running Fava's web server:
fava
  1. Access Fava by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:5000.

Install Fava from the source code

  1. Install Git and other dependencies required to build Fava:
sudo pkg install git py37-setuptools py37-wheel py37-jinja2 py37-flask py37-SQLAlchemy py37-dateutil py37-pytz py37-requests
  1. Clone the Fava repository using Git:
git clone https://github.com/beancount/fava.git
  1. Change the directory to the Fava repository:
cd fava
  1. Build and install Fava:
sudo python3 setup.py install
  1. Verify the installation by running Fava's web server:
fava
  1. Access Fava by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:5000.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Fava on FreeBSD Latest. Now you can use Fava to manage your financial records using the Beancount accounting system.