How to Install Weblate on Clear Linux

Weblate is a free, open-source translation management system. Installing Weblate on Clear Linux is a fairly simple process. Follow along with the steps below to get started.

Steps:

1. Update your system packages using the command below:

sudo swupd update

2. Install Weblate system dependencies:

sudo swupd bundle-add python3-basic web-servers-basic devpkg-postgresql python3-websockets python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-pip python3-devel python3-devpkg-icu python3-devpkg-gettext python3-devpkg-pil python3-devpkg-pylibmc python3-devpkg-pylibmc-devel python3-devpkg-libxml2 python3-devpkg-libxslt

3. Install Weblate:

sudo pip3 install weblate

4. Create a new PostgreSQL database and user:

sudo -i -u postgres
psql
CREATE USER weblate WITH PASSWORD 'weblate';
CREATE DATABASE weblate OWNER weblate;
\q
exit

5. Edit Weblate configuration file, using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/weblate/settings.py

6. Update the following lines with your PostgreSQL database information:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'weblate',
        'USER': 'weblate',
        'PASSWORD': 'weblate',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '',
        'ATOMIC_REQUESTS': True,
        'CONN_MAX_AGE': 0,
    }
}

7. Save and close the file (ctrl+x, y, enter).

8. Create a directory for Weblate data:

sudo mkdir /usr/lib/weblate/data/
sudo chown www-data:www-data /usr/lib/weblate/data/

9. Initialize Weblate database:

sudo weblate migrate

10. Create an admin user:

sudo weblate createsuperuser

11. Start the Weblate server:

sudo weblate runserver

That's it! You should now be able to access Weblate by visiting http://localhost:8000 in your web browser.

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