Installing Tolgee on Linux Mint

Tolgee is an open-source translation management web application that helps developers and translators to automate, manage and streamline the localization process. In this tutorial, we will guide you through installing Tolgee on Linux Mint Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure your Linux Mint is up-to-date.

Step 1: Install Node.js

To install Tolgee, Node.js is required. If you already have Node.js installed, you can skip this step.

To install Node.js, run the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nodejs

You can verify the installation by running:

node --version

Step 2: Install Yarn

Next, install Yarn, a package manager that Tolgee uses to manage its dependencies. You can install Yarn by running the following command:

sudo npm install -g yarn

Step 3: Clone the Tolgee repository

Clone the Tolgee repository to your local machine using Git:

git clone https://github.com/tolgee/tolgee.git

Switch to the Tolgee directory:

cd tolgee

Step 4: Install Tolgee dependencies

Before running Tolgee, we need to install its dependencies. You can do this by running the following command:

yarn

Step 5: Configure Tolgee

After installing the dependencies, copy the configuration file example:

cp .env.example .env

Open the .env file and configure the database connection settings.

For example, if you want to use a SQLite database, set the following values:

DATABASE_CLIENT=sqlite3
DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING=database/sqlite3.sql

You can find more information about configuration options in the Tolgee's documentation.

Step 6: Run Tolgee

After configuring Tolgee, we can start it by running the following command:

yarn dev

This will start the Tolgee server and make it available at http://localhost:3000.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tolgee on Linux Mint Latest. Now you can start using it to manage translation projects.