GNUmed installation video guide (!)
María Scappini <[email protected]> Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:04:29 -0300
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Some years (and Debians) ago, before graduating as a veterinarian, I
tried using GNUmed, could install, but could not for the life of me
understand how to use the client.
Now, years later, some Python knowledge later, having actually become a
vet and used other (very badly designed) EMRs later, I'd say my
understanding of GNUmed has evolved quite a lot.
But back then, starting out, I would have loved some "for dummies
videos" (as a dummy myself :) on how to install the database and the
client, and on how to actually use the client.
Although of course there are written guides on the website, sometimes
for users like the "me" from back then (a linux user, but not a *power*
user) some videos would have been great. As motivation, as a starting
point, and also to see what the client I was installing actually did and
looked like.
I have watched the most detailed GNUmed video on youtube (that I could
understand-ish), the one on Debian Brasil's channel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awVH7jww3Jc
... from 2013 but published in 2020, quite a few times! With headphones,
and slowed down, armed with my very basic understanding of portuguese
(spanish and portuguese are like cousins, after all). From there, and
thanks mainly to the english parts of the Q&A section towards the end of
the video, I could understand a bit better how to use the client, before
ever writing here. And also, a bit about the whole philosophy behind.
(I laughed out loud at that video, when someone asked if there was a web
interface for GNUmed, and the answer was, very loudly, something along
the lines of: "It's a great idea! If you want it, *you* do it!!" It's
true!!)
(Also, did you know there is a 17 minute video made by indonesian
students about GNUmed, published in 2021?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtnu51sOaOU
The reach!! They showcase the various plugins, even the timeline plugin!
I wish I could understand their language!!)
All this to announce...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ULikXc6eCE
... I have published on youtube a simple video showing how to install
the testing / unstable / from master branch database and client up to
today, for development use. Hopefully, it's the first video of a bunch
showing how to use GNUmed. An unofficial help for other GNUmed newbies :)
(... although now that I think about it, since the video is about the
installation of the developer's version of GNUmed, maybe my target
viewer for this first vid is not a newbie person at all... Ah, well a
start is a start!)
I plan to make other installation videos, about the stable version on
trixie and bookworm. Maybe next, how to register a person. Maybe then
how to register a person as user... any suggestions are also welcome :)
I hope the videos are useful, and somehow help more people get to know,
use and get involved with GNUmed.
Ah, free, open source rules!!
María
PS: As a final, very personal note, I feel (however untrue it may be)
that (again) *me personally* not sharing GNUmed in some way, is a
gate-keeping crime! From my perspective as a veterinarian -- and having
dealt with the sketchiness of the vet EMR space in spanish (most of all,
latin american spanish) -- an alternative for practitioners that refuse
to give in to paid, closed-source, cloud-based,
who-knows-what-they-do-with-your-data EMRs is simply wonderful.
(Did you know that some veterinary EMR software sends advertisement
emails for vet products to the patients' addresses in your database
without your consent?? It's insane!!)
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<p>Some years (and Debians) ago, before graduating as a
veterinarian, I tried using GNUmed, could install, but could not
for the life of me understand how to use the client.<br>
<br>
Now, years later, some Python knowledge later, having actually
become a vet and used other (very badly designed) EMRs later, I'd
say my understanding of GNUmed has evolved quite a lot.<br>
<br>
But back then, starting out, I would have loved some "for dummies
videos" (as a dummy myself :) on how to install the database and
the client, and on how to actually use the client.</p>
<p>Although of course there are written guides on the website,
sometimes for users like the "me" from back then (a linux user,
but not a *power* user) some videos would have been great. As
motivation, as a starting point, and also to see what the client I
was installing actually did and looked like.<br>
<br>
I have watched the most detailed GNUmed video on youtube (that I
could understand-ish), the one on Debian Brasil's channel...<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awVH7jww3Jc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awVH7jww3Jc</a><br>
<br>
... from 2013 but published in 2020, quite a few times! With
headphones, and slowed down, armed with my very basic
understanding of portuguese (spanish and portuguese are like
cousins, after all). From there, and thanks mainly to the english
parts of the Q&A section towards the end of the video, I could
understand a bit better how to use the client, before ever writing
here. And also, a bit about the whole philosophy behind.</p>
<p>(I laughed out loud at that video, when someone asked if there
was a web interface for GNUmed, and the answer was, very loudly,
something along the lines of: "It's a great idea! If you want it,
*you* do it!!" It's true!!)</p>
<p>(Also, did you know there is a 17 minute video made by indonesian
students about GNUmed, published in 2021?! <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtnu51sOaOU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtnu51sOaOU</a><br>
The reach!! They showcase the various plugins, even the timeline
plugin! I wish I could understand their language!!)<br>
<br>
All this to announce...<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ULikXc6eCE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ULikXc6eCE</a><br>
<br>
... I have published on youtube a simple video showing how to
install the testing / unstable / from master branch database and
client up to today, for development use. Hopefully, it's the first
video of a bunch showing how to use GNUmed. An unofficial help for
other GNUmed newbies :) </p>
<p><font size="2">(... although now that I think about it, since the
video is about the installation of the developer's version of
GNUmed, maybe my target viewer for this first vid is not a
newbie person at all... Ah, well a start is a start!)</font><br>
<br>
I plan to make other installation videos, about the stable version
on trixie and bookworm. Maybe next, how to register a person.
Maybe then how to register a person as user... any suggestions are
also welcome :)<br>
<br>
I hope the videos are useful, and somehow help more people get to
know, use and get involved with GNUmed.</p>
<p>Ah, free, open source rules!!<br>
<br>
María</p>
<p>PS: As a final, very personal note, I feel (however untrue it may
be) that (again) *me personally* not sharing GNUmed in some way,
is a gate-keeping crime! From my perspective as a veterinarian --
and having dealt with the sketchiness of the vet EMR space in
spanish (most of all, latin american spanish) -- an alternative
for practitioners that refuse to give in to paid, closed-source,
cloud-based, who-knows-what-they-do-with-your-data EMRs is simply
wonderful.<br>
(Did you know that some veterinary EMR software sends
advertisement emails for vet products to the patients' addresses
in your database without your consent?? It's insane!!)</p>
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