Sure, here's a step-by-step tutorial for installing MapBBCodeShare on Alpine Linux Latest:
Before installing MapBBCodeShare, you need to make sure the following packages are installed on your system:
You can install these packages using Alpine Linux package manager, apk:
sudo apk add python2 git libjpeg-turbo-dev zlib-dev
Clone the MapBBCodeShare repository from Github to a local directory:
git clone https://github.com/MapBBCode/share.mapbbcode.org.git
MapBBCodeShare uses Flask, a Python web framework, and some of its extensions. Install them using pip:
pip install Flask==0.10.1 Flask-Assets==0.11 Flask-Login==0.3.1 Flask-Mail==0.9.1 Flask-Script==2.0.5 Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.1 Flask-WTF==0.12
Rename the provided config-sample.py
to config.py
and modify the variables to suit your needs:
cd share.mapbbcode.org
cp config-sample.py config.py
nano config.py
Some of the variables you might want to change:
SECRET_KEY
: A random string used to encrypt the session information.UPLOAD_FOLDER
: The directory where the uploaded files will be stored.MAPS_PER_PAGE
: The number of maps to display per page on the main page.Run the server using Flask-Script:
python manage.py runserver
You should see something similar to the following output:
* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
* Restarting with stat
* Debugger is active!
* Debugger pin code: 123-456-789
Open your web browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:5000/
to access MapBBCodeShare.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MapBBCodeShare on Alpine Linux Latest.
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