Installing Gitea on Arch Linux

Gitea is a self-hosted Git service that is lightweight, cross-platform, and open source. If you're looking to host your own Git repositories, Gitea is a great option. Here's how you can install Gitea on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A running Arch Linux system.
• A user with sudo privileges.

Installing Gitea

Follow the below steps to install Gitea:

1. Update your system packages by running the following command in a terminal:

   sudo pacman -Syu
   

2. Install Git if it isn't already installed using the following command:

   sudo pacman -S git
   

3. Install Golang which is required to build Gitea. To install Go on Arch Linux, run the following command:

   sudo pacman -S go
   

4. Once the installation of Go is complete, create a directory for Gitea by running the following command:

   sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea
   

5. Now, open your web browser and head over to the official Gitea website to download the latest release. Alternatively, you can use the following command to download the latest release:

   curl -L -O https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/<latest-version>/gitea-<latest-version>-linux-amd64.tar.gz
   

   Replace <latest-version> in the above command with the latest release version of Gitea. You can find the latest release version on the official Gitea website.

6. Extract the downloaded tar file using the following command:

   tar xvfz gitea-<latest-version>-linux-amd64.tar.gz
   

7. Copy the extracted binary to /usr/local/bin by running the following command:

   sudo cp gitea /usr/local/bin/
   

8. Finally, start the Gitea server by running the following command:

   sudo -u nobody gitea web -c /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
   

9. Once the server is running, head over to http://localhost:3000 to access the Gitea web interface.

Conclusion

That's all you need to do to install Gitea on Arch Linux. You can now use Gitea to host your private Git repositories. If you have any issues during the installation process or encounter any bugs while using Gitea, refer to the official Gitea documentation or the Gitea GitHub page.

If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!

Alternatively, for the best virtual desktop, try Shells!