Install TerminusDB from Source Code
Install steps
Install, build and run TerminusDB from source code with the following steps.
- Install SWI-Prolog
- Clone the TerminusDB repository
- Make the TerminusDB Command Line Interface
- Run the TerminusDB system database
Install from source code on Windows:
Install WSL and Ubuntu
In Ubuntu terminal:sudo apt install make libgmp-dev
In Ubuntu terminal:curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
Follow the install steps below for Debian or Ubuntu
Install SWI-Prolog, Rust and clang
Linux
Install Rust by following the Rust installation guide.
Arch Linux
Install all dependencies of all the required libraries using sudo and git.
sudo pacman -S git swi-prolog make automake autoconf libtool zlib pkgconf gcc clang gmp
Debian or Ubuntu
Install using the apt package manager.
cat /etc/*release | grep ubuntu > /dev/null && (sudo apt-get install software-properties-common; sudo apt-add-repository ppa:swi-prolog/stable)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install swi-prolog clang libgmp-dev
Fedora or Red Hat
Install using sudo.
sudo dnf install pl pl-devel clang gmp-devel
macOS
Install swi-prolog and rust using homebrew.
brew install gmp
brew install swi-prolog
brew install rust
Clone the TerminusDB repository
Identical for all operating systems: Clone the terminusdb repository from GitHub.
git clone https://github.com/terminusdb/terminusdb
Make the TerminusDB Command Line Interface
make the terminusdb Command Line Interface (CLI) binary.
Linux
cd terminusdb
make install-tus
make
make install-dashboard
macOS
cd terminusdb
make install-tus
make
make install-dashboard
Run the TerminusDB system database
Linux
Initialize the system database and choose a password for the admin user.
- Server starts on
http://127.0.0.1:6363
./terminusdb store init --key "my_password_here"
./terminusdb serve
macOS
- Initialize the system database.
- Server starts on
http://127.0.0.1:6363
./terminusdb store init --key root
./terminusdb serve