# Taler Merchant Demos Setup *Warning: This page is not completed yet. Follow the instructions at your own risk* ## Installing the dependencies *Step 0 (Optional - Reccomended): Update Apt Repositories* > ```$ sudo apt update```
Step 1: `cd` into the directory:
> ```$ cd taler-merchant-demos```
Step 2: Ensure Python 3.5 or above and Flask with the Babel extension are installed using a command like:
> ```$ sudo apt install python3.8 python3-flask-babel -y```
Step 3: Ensure Python3 Pip is installed:
> ```$ sudo apt install python3-pip -y```
Step 4: configure this package using:
> ```$ ./configure --destination=local``` Step 5: Install UWSGI
*NOTE: DO NOT INSTALL USING PIP2 (on my system, that is what the pip command uses) - INSTALL IT USING PIP3* > ```$ pip3 install uwsgi```
Step 6: Install LXML *NOTE: DO NOT INSTALL USING PIP2 (on my system, that is what the pip command uses) - INSTALL IT USING PIP3*
> ```$ pip3 install lxml```
Step 7: Install NPM
> ```$ sudo apt install npm; sudo npm install -g npm node sass```
This will the NPM implementation of sass. If you have a Ruby tool called 'sass' installed, this build will NOT work. ## Quick Install for the dependencies Here's one command to automatically install all dependencies at once: > ```$ sudo apt install python3.8 python3-pip npm -y; pip3 install lxml uwsgi; ./configure --destination=local; sudo npm install -g npm node;make sass-install``` ## Configuring the demo *This is just how I did it, and not the main method of doing it* Step 1: Open the config: > ```$ editor ~/.config/taler.conf```
Step 2: Adding the required keys: > Copy & Paste the following into the file: > ``` > [frontends] > backend_apikey = "ApiKey Sandbox" > backend = https://backend.test.taler.net/ > > [taler] > currency = TESTKUDOS > > [blog] > http_port = 8080 > serve = http ```
Step 3: Configure the config: > 1. Replace the backend api key with the api key for the backend
> 2. Replace the backend URL with the actual backend link
> 3. Replace the http port with the port
> 4. (Optional: Replace the currency with your currency)
## Applying Changes To apply changes, use > ```$ make install```
To apply ***SCSS*** changes, use > ```$ make scss-build``` ## Running the program To start the server, use the following command:
> ```$ taler-merchant-demos blog``` ## More configuration options. This makes the blog speak UWSGI over TCP: > ``` > [frontends] > backend_apikey = "ApiKey Sandbox" > backend = https://backend.test.taler.net/ > > [taler] > currency = TESTKUDOS > > [blog] > serve = uwsgi > uwsgi_serve = tcp > uwsgi_port = XZY > ```
This makes the blog speak UWSGI over unix domain socket: > ``` > [frontends] > backend_apikey = "ApiKey Sandbox" > backend = https://backend.test.taler.net/ > > [taler] > currency = TESTKUDOS > > [blog] > serve = uwsgi > uwsgi_serve = unix > uwsgi_unixpath = "/tmp/blog.uwsgi" > uwsgi_unixpath_mode = XZY > ```