Installation script: Trouble installing paperless-ng

[BlueBarracuda22]

Paperless newbie here. I'm trying to setup paperless-ng for the first time using the installation script. I have the latest version of Docker installed. I have tried to follow the directions on readthedocs, but am getting stuck at the first step. Please see my below terminal output. Thanks

`Last login: Sat Jun 19 16:43:26 on ttys000
username@MacBook-Pro ~ % curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/master/install-paperless-ng.sh | bash
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 8441 100 8441 0 0 37852 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 37683
bash: line 76: timedatectl: command not found

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Paperless-ng docker installation

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This script will download, configure and start paperless-ng.

1. Folder configuration
   =======================

The target folder is used to store the configuration files of
paperless. You can move this folder around after installing paperless.
You will need this folder whenever you want to start, stop, update or
maintain your paperless instance.

The consume folder is where paperles will search for new documents.
Point this to a folder where your scanner is able to put your scanned
documents.

CAUTION: You must specify an absolute path starting with / or a relative
path starting with ./ here. Examples:
/mnt/consume
./consume

Invalid folder: CONSUME_FOLDER=$ask_result

The media folder is where paperless stores your documents.
Leave empty and docker will manage this folder for you.
Docker usually stores managed folders in /var/lib/docker/volumes.

CAUTION: If specified, you must specify an absolute path starting with /
or a relative path starting with ./ here.

Invalid folder: MEDIA_FOLDER=$ask_result

The data folder is where paperless stores other data, such as your
SQLite database (if used), the search index and other data.
As with the media folder, leave empty to have this managed by docker.

CAUTION: If specified, you must specify an absolute path starting with /
or a relative path starting with ./ here.

Invalid folder: DATA_FOLDER=$ask_result

2. Application configuration
   ============================

The port on which the paperless webserver will listen for incoming
connections.

Paperless requires you to configure the current time zone correctly.
Otherwise, the dates of your documents may appear off by one day,
depending on where you are on earth.

Database backend: PostgreSQL and SQLite are available. Use PostgreSQL
if unsure. If you're running on a low-power device such as Raspberry
Pi, use SQLite to save resources.

Invalid option: DATABASE_BACKEND=$ask_result

Paperless is able to use Apache Tika to support Office documents such as
Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Libreoffice equivalents. This feature
requires more resources due to the required services.

Invalid option: TIKA_ENABLED=$ask_result

Specify the default language that most of your documents are written in.
Use ISO 639-2, (T) variant language codes:
https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
Common values: eng (English) deu (German) nld (Dutch) fra (French)

Specify the user id and group id you wish to run paperless as.
Paperless will also change ownership on the data, media and consume
folder to the specified values, so it's a good idea to supply the user id
and group id of your unix user account.
If unsure, leave default.

3. Login credentials
   ====================

Specify initial login credentials. You can change these later.
A mail address is required, however it is not used in paperless. You don't
need to provide an actual mail address.

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username@MacBook-Pro ~ %
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[jonaswinkler]

I should add a note that this script is for Linux only.

[iwconfig]

@browntownington have a look at #1136. And to answer why the second attempt didn't work: you used sh instead of bash.

[iwconfig]

Also, consider having a look at #1137 because I see you too have a version of systemd that is too old.

[browntownington]

@iwconfig thank you!!! note to self don't try troubleshooting at 1am.
Both of these suggestions resolved my issues and installation was then BREEZE :)

[iwconfig]

Happy to help!

[iwconfig]

@jonaswinkler I don't see any reason why this shouldn't work under OSX/MacOS with some small adjustments. It seems you only have to

• use curl instead of wget,

• implement the changes I propose in [Other] documentation about piping install-paperless-ng.sh to bash fails #1136 and [BUG] (install-paperless-ng.sh) timedatectl: invalid option -- 'p' #1137,

• and fix tr: Illegal byte sequence error by changing

  paperless-ng/install-paperless-ng.sh

  Line 283 in 4718fe1

  SECRET_KEY=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 64 | head -n 1)

  to

  SECRET_KEY=$(cat /dev/urandom | LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 64 | head -n 1)
  

I don't have a Mac so I don't know for sure so if anyone with one would like to confirm this I can put up a PR.

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EDIT: Never mind! Just now I noticed #1118 👍