< GNU Health
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This chapter applies to version 3.6 of GNU Health. |
openSUSE
Download and install the Operating System
- Download the openSUSE Leap Network CD image
- Check the partitioning and FS options (we use ext4 filesystem)
- Select SERVER (text only) installation
- Enable SSHD server
- Create the user "gnuhealth" when prompted at installation time.
Install the requirements
sudo zypper in patch gcc libxml2-devel postgresql postgresql-server unoconv python3-pip python3-devel
Initialize the PostgreSQL environment. The next systemctl start command will generate the initial pg cluster.
systemctl start postgresql
Update locally pip3
su - gnuhealth
pip3 install --upgrade --user pip
Debian
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This chapter applies to version 3.6 of GNU Health. |
Download and install the Operating System
- Download the Debian OS image
- Check the partitioning and FS options (we use ext4 filesystem)
- Deselect the "Debian desktop environment" if you just want a server (no graphical interface)
- Enable SSHD server
- Create the user "gnuhealth" when prompted at installation time.
Install the requirements
apt-get install postgresql patch python3-pip unoconv
FreeBSD
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This chapter applies to version 3.6 of GNU Health. |
At Operating System installation
- Select SSHD
- Create the gnuhealth user at installation time
Install requirements
# pkg install postgresql11-server postgresql11-client wget bash patch py36-pip \
# py36-lxml py36-pillow patch
Initialize PostgreSQL
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql oneinitdb
# sysrc postgresql_enable=yes
# service postgresql start
Create Python3 links
# ln -si /usr/local/bin/python3.6 /usr/local/bin/python3
# ln -si /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
Change /bin/bash to /usr/local/bin/bash
The the first line of script that starts gnuhealth (start_gnuhealth.sh) is pointing to /bin/bash. On FreeBSD you have to change that to /usr/local/bin/bash.
CentOS
Install Python 3.8
# yum install python3 # yum install python3-devel
Install PostgreSQL 12
# yum -y install https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-7-x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm # yum -y install epel-release yum-utils sudo yum-config-manager --enable pgdg12 sudo yum install postgresql12-server postgresql12
Ubuntu
- These instructions apply to Ubuntu 20.04 and Armbian 20.05 version
- Create the gnuhealth user at installation time
Update the Sources
apt-get update
Install requirements
apt-get install postgresql-server-dev-12 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev python3-dev pkg-config libfreetype6-dev postgresql patch python3-pip unoconv libpng-dev libjpeg8-dev
Armbian
- These instructions apply to Armbian 20.05 version
- Create the gnuhealth user at installation time
Update the Sources
apt-get update
Install requirements
apt-get install postgresql-server-dev-12 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev python3-dev pkg-config libfreetype6-dev postgresql patch python3-pip unoconv libpng-dev libjpeg8-dev
Continue with the GNU Health Installation
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