Wagtail is a popular content management system built on Python. If you're using Alpine Linux and you want to install Wagtail, you can use the following steps.
First, update your system to ensure you have the latest packages available:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
Wagtail requires Python and Pip to be installed. You can install these packages using the following command:
sudo apk add python3 py3-pip
Wagtail has some dependencies that you'll need to install. These are:
You can install these dependencies using the following command:
sudo apk add build-base python3-dev libjpeg-turbo-dev zlib-dev
Once the dependencies are installed, you can use Pip to install Wagtail:
sudo pip3 install wagtail
Now that Wagtail is installed, you can create a new Wagtail project using the following command:
wagtail start myproject
This will create a new directory called myproject containing the files for your new Wagtail project.
To start your new Wagtail project, navigate to the myproject directory and run the following command:
python3 manage.py runserver
This will start the development server and you can navigate to your site at http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in your web browser.
That's it! You now have Wagtail up and running on Alpine Linux Latest.
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