How to Install Hadmean on Linux Mint

Hadmean is a popular development tool for bringing data science and machine learning to developers more efficiently. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Hadmean on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before getting started with the installation process, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

A running instance of Linux Mint 20 or later.
A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Download Hadmean

The first step in the installation process is to download Hadmean. You can do this by going to their official website at https://hadmean.com and clicking on the "Download" button. Save the downloaded package in a directory where you can easily locate it.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Before installing Hadmean, you must ensure that all its dependencies are in place. Open a terminal and run the following commands to update the package list and install dependencies:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install libcurl4 libssl-dev libxml2-dev libfontconfig1-dev libcairo2-dev libgdal-dev libproj-dev libudunits2-dev libssl-dev

Step 3: Install Hadmean

Once all the dependencies are installed, you can proceed with the installation of Hadmean. Navigate to the directory where you saved the package and run the following command to extract the package:

tar -xzf hadmean-linux-64*.tar.gz

Next, move the extracted directory to the "/opt" directory:

sudo mv hadmean /opt/

Add execute permissions to the "hadmean" executable file:

sudo chmod +x /opt/hadmean/hadmean

Finally, create a symbolic link for the "hadmean" executable file to make it globally accessible:

sudo ln -s /opt/hadmean/hadmean /usr/local/bin/hadmean

Step 4: Test Hadmean Installation

After you've installed Hadmean, run the following command in a terminal to start the Hadmean server:

hadmean start

You should see output similar to the following:

Starting Hadmean 0.8.2 at http://127.0.0.1:8080

Open your web browser and visit http://localhost:8080. If you see the Hadmean welcome page, congratulations, you have successfully installed Hadmean.

Conclusion

Hadmean is an excellent tool for data science and machine learning developers, and installing it on Linux Mint is easy with the steps provided above. Follow them closely, and you should have no issues.