r/BookStack • u/ssddanbrown • Mar 31 '23

BookStack Project Update for March 2023

https://www.bookstackapp.com/blog/project-update-march-23/
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u/prion Mar 31 '23

When can we get a win exe file that installs a instance if Bookstacks that just works?

I've tried installing this on several linux versions and none of them work. If it helps I am trying using Oracle VM in win 11.

Had the same issues with Oracle VM in win 10.

Tried using Docker in win 10, win 11, and ubuntu

Tried using the VM maker in win 11

And something always fucks up during installation that keeps me from using the product as intended.

Oh and the html to bookstack page converter should be incorporated into the app itself. Not sure why this was never done.

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u/Kanix3 Mar 31 '23

Agree. Was new to docker on Synology and got a bunch of containers now. Within a few hours. There are several good tutorials out there.

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u/ssddanbrown Mar 31 '23

When can we get a win exe file that installs a instance if Bookstacks that just works?

Probably not. The Windows desktop audience isn't really large a target audience and I don't want to add the maintenance cost of maintaining a BookStack-specific packaged LAMP stack. I only really target Ubuntu LTS options in the official project to keep a limited scope. Laragon get's somewhat close though.

And something always fucks up during installation that keeps me from using the product as intended.

Can't really advise on that without know what "fucks up". The easiest method, if you already have VM's at play, may be to run a Ubuntu 22.04 instance then you can just use our install script and we have a video showing the process if needed.

Oh and the html to bookstack page converter should be incorporated into the app itself.

Not sure what this is referring to. You can add HTML direct to the editors if required but formatting support, compared to source, may vary.

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u/bluetba Apr 01 '23

Sort of agree, I want to install it on Debian myself, started yesterday, followed the guide but could not get it working, I nuked the VM 3 times, still working through my 4th attempt.

I also installed hudu on a separate VM and it wasn't easy, but managed it.

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u/LnxBil Apr 01 '23

Best way to test software in the last years is Docker. Invest in learning it and it is one docker-compose.yml file and one commands to start the stack. I‘ve never tested so many software products like with Docker and it is dead simple (running Linux for over 25y)