Redmine is a popular open-source project management and issue tracking platform. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Redmine on Elementary OS, which is a lightweight Linux distribution inspired by macOS.
Before starting, please ensure that you have administrative privileges on your system.
First, open the Terminal application in your Elementary OS system. You will need to install the necessary dependencies for Redmine to run. Enter the following command to do so:
sudo apt-get install -y curl gnupg2 git-core imagemagick libmagick++-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev libpq-dev mariadb-server mariadb-client libmariadb-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libffi-dev
This command will install the required packages, such as a database server (MariaDB), development libraries for Ruby on Rails, and more.
Redmine is built with Ruby on Rails, so we will need to install Ruby and RubyGems next. Enter the following command in Terminal:
sudo apt-get install -y ruby ruby-dev rubygems
Once Ruby and RubyGems are installed, you need to update the RubyGems package manager with the following command:
sudo gem update --system
To download the latest stable version of Redmine, navigate to the Redmine website and download the .tar.gz file to your computer. After download, extract the contents of the archive to a directory on your system.
tar zxvf redmine-4.2.1.tar.gz
Once the files are extracted, change into the new directory and run the installation utility:
cd redmine-4.2.1
sudo bundle install --without development test
This command will install all necessary Ruby dependencies and plugins.
Redmine requires a database to store issues, tasks, and other project management data. This tutorial uses MariaDB as the database server.
Log in to your MariaDB server with the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the MariaDB root password to access the database console. Create the Redmine database and user:
create database redmine character set utf8;
create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'yourpasswordhere';
grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost';
Next, run the configuration script to set up the basics for your project management system:
sudo cp config/configuration.yml.example config/configuration.yml
sudo chmod 600 config/configuration.yml
sudo cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
nano config/database.yml
Update the username and password fields in the config/database.yml file with the database user and password you created earlier.
Finally, run the database migration:
sudo RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate
You are now ready to start the Redmine server! Enter the following command:
sudo RAILS_ENV=production rails server -e production
Redmine should now be accessible at http://localhost:3000.
You have just installed Redmine on Elementary OS. Congratulations! You can now use Redmine to manage your projects and track issues with your team. Have fun!
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