Installing Weblate on Alpine Linux Latest

Weblate is a web-based translation platform that helps to translate any software, website or mobile application in any language. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Weblate on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

• Alpine Linux Latest installed
• Access to root privileges
• Basic knowledge of the command line

Step 1: Install Python and PostgreSQL

Weblate requires Python and PostgreSQL to be installed on the system.

Run the following commands to install them:

apk add python3
apk add py3-psycopg2

Step 2: Install Weblate

Now, we will download Weblate using the wget command.

wget -O weblate.tar.gz https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/archive/master.tar.gz

Next, extract the file using the tar command:

tar xzf weblate.tar.gz

Now, navigate to the extracted directory:

cd weblate-master/

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Before we install Weblate, we need to install some dependencies. Run the following command:

apk add gettext nginx uwsgi uwsgi-python3

Step 4: Configure Nginx

Weblate uses Nginx as the web server. We need to configure Nginx to point to Weblate.

Open the Nginx configuration file with a text editor:

nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Add the following configuration at the end of the file:

http {
    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;

    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name example.com;

        location / {
            include uwsgi_params;
            uwsgi_pass unix:///run/uwsgi/weblate.sock;
        }

        location /static/ {
            alias /path/to/weblate/static/;
        }
    }
}

Make sure to replace example.com with your own domain name.

Step 5: Configure Weblate

We need to configure Weblate to work with the PostgreSQL database.

Create a configuration file and add the following lines:

touch /etc/weblate.conf

echo "DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'weblate',
        'USER': 'weblate',
        'PASSWORD': 'password',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '5432'
    }
}" >> /etc/weblate.conf

Make sure to change the username, password and database name to match your preferences.

Step 6: Initialize Database

We need to initialize the database for Weblate. Run the following command:

python3 manage.py migrate

Step 7: Run Weblate

Finally, we can start the Weblate service.

uwsgi --ini weblate.ini

Weblate will now be running on your server.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Weblate on Alpine Linux Latest. We have gone through the steps to install Weblate, configure Nginx, configure Weblate and initialize the database. With these steps, you can easily install and use Weblate to manage translations for any project.

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