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@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ See AUTHORS file.
# Dependencies
- python2
-- python2-virtualenv
+- python2-virtualenv (if using pip to manage dependencies)
# Python dependencies
We're going to use pip to handle python dependencies, m'kay?
Worry about that in step 3.
+
+If you really want to manage dependencies using something other than
+pip, look at `requirements.txt`, and at the comments on other
+dependiencies in step 3.
# Testing Installation
@@ -30,76 +34,75 @@ main server, it's in `/srv/http/web'. Wherever you see this in a
command, know that you should just replace it with the correct path
for your install.
-1. Run `virtualenv2`.
+1. Run `virtualenv2`.
$ cd /path/to/parabolaweb && virtualenv2 `pwd`-env
- Here I just had you use `pwd` to choose the environment
- directory. You can use anything, but it is recommended that it not
- be the same directory as the install.
+ Here I just had you use `pwd` to choose the environment
+ directory. You can use anything, but it is recommended that it not
+ be the same directory as the install.
-2. Activate the virtualenv.
+2. Activate the virtualenv.
$ source `pwd`-env/bin/activate
-3. Fix symlink to the environment
+3. Fix symlink to the environment
(parabolaweb-env) $ ln -sf ../../parabolaweb-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media media/admin_media
- Of course change `../../parabolaweb-env` to the relative path to
- your environment. Keep in mind that the path is relative from
- inside the `media/` directory, not the current directory.
+ Of course change `../../parabolaweb-env` to the relative path to
+ your environment. Keep in mind that the path is relative from
+ inside the `media/` directory, not the current directory.
+
+4. Install dependencies through `pip`.
-4. Install dependencies through `pip`.
+ To install base dependencies, run
- To install base dependencies, run
(parabolweb-env) $ pip install -r requirements.txt
- After that you will need to install a database engine for python.
- This means `MySQL-python==1.2.3`, `pysqlite` or `psycopg2` for PostgreSQL.
- Eg:
+ After that you will need to install a database engine for python
+ This means `MySQL-python==1.2.3`, `pysqlite` or `psycopg2` for
+ PostgreSQL. Eg:
+
(parabolweb-env) $ pip install MySQL-python==1.2.3
- You may also want to install memcached
+ You may also want to install memcached
+
(parabolweb-env) $ pip install python-memcached==1.47
- Alternately, to have MySQL and memcached installed automatically, run
+ Alternately, to have MySQL and memcached installed automatically,
+ run
+
(parabolweb-env) $ pip install -r requirements_prod.txt
-5. Copy `local_settings.py.example` to `local_settings.py` and modify.
- Make sure to uncomment the appropriate db section (either sqlite or mysql).
+5. Copy `local_settings.py.example` to `local_settings.py` and modify.
+ Make sure to uncomment the appropriate db section.
-6. Sync the database to create it.
+6. Sync the database to create it.
(parabolaweb-env) $ ./manage.py syncdb
-7. Migrate changes.
+7. Migrate changes.
(parabolaweb-env) $ ./manage.py migrate
-8. Load the fixtures to prepopulate some data. If you don't want some of the
- provided data, adjust the file glob accordingly.
-
- (parabolaweb-env) $ for file in */fixtures/*.json; do \
- ./manage.py loaddata $file; \
- done
+8. Load the fixtures to prepopulate some data. If you don't want some
+ of the provided data, adjust the file glob accordingly.
- The reason we use a loop instead of just calling them with a glob
- is that groups.json is expected to fail, and this way it won't
- prevent others from loading.
+ (parabolaweb-env) $ ./manage.py loaddata */fixtures/*.json
-9. Use the following commands to start a service instance
+9. Use the following commands to start a service instance
(parabolaweb-env) $ ./manage.py runserver
-10. To optionally populate the database with real data:
+10. To optionally populate the database with real data:
$ wget https://repo.parabolagnulinux.org/core/os/i686/core.db.tar.gz
$ ./manage.py reporead i686 core.db.tar.gz
$ ./manage.py syncisos
-Alter architecture and repo to get x86\_64 and packages from other repos if
-needed.
+ Alter architecture and repo to get x86\_64 and packages from
+ other repos if needed.
# Production Installation