Installing Family Accounting Tool on Manjaro

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Family Accounting Tool (FACTO) on Manjaro, a popular Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A running installation of Manjaro
• Internet connectivity
• Basic knowledge of the Linux command line

Step 1: Install Git and other dependencies

Open the terminal and enter the following command to install Git:

sudo pacman -S git

We also need to install some other dependencies for FACTO. Run this command to install them:

sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-reportlab postgresql qt5-base qt5-tools qt5-svg qt5-websockets

Step 2: Clone the FACTO repository

In your terminal, clone the FACTO repository:

git clone https://github.com/nymanjens/facto.git

Step 3: Create a PostgreSQL database

FACTO stores its data in a PostgreSQL database. We need to create a database for FACTO to use:

sudo -u postgres createdb facto

Step 4: Install Python requirements

Navigate to the directory where you cloned the FACTO repository:

cd facto/

Next, install the Python requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 5: Configure FACTO

In the facto/ directory, copy the default configuration file:

cp config.py.dist config.py

Edit the config.py file to match your PostgreSQL settings:

DATABASE = {
	'host': 'localhost',
	'port': 5432,
	'user': 'postgres',
	'password': '',
	'dbname': 'facto',
	'schema': 'public'
}

Step 6: Initialize the database

In your terminal, run the following command to initialize the database:

python manage.py db upgrade

Step 7: Run the application

In your terminal, run the following command to start the application:

python manage.py runserver

You should now be able to access FACTO by navigating to http://localhost:5000 in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Family Accounting Tool on Manjaro.