How to Install OSEM on Windows 11

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps for installing OSEM on Windows 11. OSEM is a free and open-source event management platform that helps you organize conferences and other events.

Prerequisites

Before you start installing OSEM, there are some prerequisites that you should make sure to fulfill:

  • A computer with Windows 11 installed on it
  • A stable and high-speed internet connection
  • A web browser (Chrome, Firefox, or Safari)
  • A text editor (e.g. Notepad++, Sublime Text, or Visual Studio Code)
  • A command line interface (Terminal, Git Bash or PowerShell)

Installation Steps

To install OSEM on Windows 11, follow the below steps:

Step 1: Install Ruby

To install OSEM on Windows, we need to install Ruby first. Ruby is a programming language that OSEM is built on.

  1. Visit the Ruby Installer website (https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/) and download the Ruby+Devkit 3.0.2-1 (x64) option for Windows.
  2. Open the downloaded file and run the installer. Follow the prompts until Ruby is installed.
  3. Verify the installation by opening your command prompt and typing the command ruby -v. It should return the version number of the installed Ruby.

Step 2: Install Git

Git is a version control system that OSEM is built on.

  1. Visit the Git website (https://git-scm.com/downloads) and download the latest version of Git for Windows.
  2. Run the downloaded file and follow the prompts until Git is installed.
  3. Verify the installation by opening your command prompt and typing the command git --version. It should return the version number of the installed Git.

Step 3: Clone OSEM Repository

  1. Open your command prompt and navigate to the directory you want to save your OSEM files in.
  2. Run the command git clone https://github.com/openSUSE/osem.git. This will clone the OSEM repository to your local machine.

Step 4: Install Dependencies

  1. Open your command prompt and navigate to the directory where you cloned the OSEM repository earlier.
  2. Run the command bundle install. This command will install all the necessary dependencies.

Step 5: Configure the Database

  1. In the command prompt, navigate to the root directory of the cloned OSEM repository.
  2. Rename the config/database.example.yml file to config/database.yml.
  3. Open the config/database.yml file in your text editor and remove the line containing pool: 5 (or any other number) as it's not supported on Windows.
  4. Save and close the file.
  5. In the command prompt, run the command rake db:create and then rake db:migrate to create and migrate the database.

Step 6: Start the Server

  1. In the command prompt, navigate to the root directory of the cloned OSEM repository.
  2. Run the command rails server. This command will start the server and make OSEM available on your local machine.
  3. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000. You should see OSEM running locally on your computer.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install OSEM on Windows 11. After following these steps, you should have a working version of OSEM on your local machine, ready to help you organize events.