How to Install Frab on POP! OS Latest

Frab is an open-source conference management system designed to assist event organizers in scheduling, organizing, and publishing information about their events. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps of installing Frab on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that your computer meets the following minimum requirements:

• POP! OS Latest installed on your computer
• Basic knowledge of the Linux command line
• Internet Connection
• sudo Access

Step 1: Update Your System

We always recommend updating your system before installing any new packages. To do so, run the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Next, install the packages needed for Frab:

sudo apt install git ruby ruby-dev bundler libsqlite3-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev nodejs

Step 3: Clone Frab Repository

Once you have installed the required packages, it is time to clone the Frab repository:

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

Step 4: Install Dependencies

Change into the cloned Frab directory and install Ruby dependencies by running:

cd frab
bundle install --without postgres production

Step 5: Configure Database

Frab uses SQLite as its database, but you can configure it to use other database engines like PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MariaDB. For this tutorial, we'll use SQLite.

Create the database and table structures by running:

bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate

Step 6: Start Frab

You can now start Frab by running the following command:

bundle exec rails server

This command will start Frab on http://localhost:3000/.

Step 7: Access Frab

Once Frab starts, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000/ to access the Frab web interface.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Frab on POP! OS Latest.