Getting Started with Apache Superset in 2023-24: Install Apache Superset on Mac and Ubuntu: Part 01

In This Tutorial, You will learn How to Quickly Install Apache Superset in MacOS & Ubuntu 22.04.

I suggest to Install Miniconda before Installing Apache Superset in MacOS & Ubuntu 22.04, Also Install Developer tools in MacOS.

To Install Miniconda, You can visit official website at below links and find the installer of python3.10 for MacOS and Linux, Kindly note that for MacOS choose Apple Silicon or Intel Based pkg package.

https://docs.conda.io/projects/miniconda/en/latest/miniconda-other-installer-links.html

Here is the link for Apache Superset Repository

https://github.com/apache/superset

Here is the Link for Apache Superset Website

https://superset.apache.org/

Apache Superset Installation in MacOS and Ubuntu 22.04

For Ubuntu 22.04

OS Dependencies

Superset stores database connection information in its metadata database. For that purpose, we use the cryptography Python library to encrypt connection passwords. Unfortunately, this library has OS level dependencies.

To Install Dependencies type below command in Ubuntu 22.04 and Press Enter.

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev

Create and Activate Python Virtual Environment by typing these two commands in MacOS and Ubuntu 22.04

Python -m vent supersetvenv

. ./supersetvenv/bin/activate

MacOS

Ubuntu 22.04

Now type below command to Install Apache Superset

pip install apache-superset

**if you need to install any specific version then just add version shown in screenshot**

MacOS

Ubuntu 22.04

Now type below command so that system recognise superset command

export FLASK_APP=superset

For MacOS

For Ubuntu 22.04

Note that some configuration is mandatory for production instances of Superset. In particular, Superset will not start without a user-specified value of SECRET_KEY

You can generate a strong secure key with

openssl rand -base64 42

For MacOS