Pootle is a web-based translation management system that allows teams to collaborate on translations in a centralized location. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Pootle on Fedora Server Latest.
Before starting the installation process, you should have the following:
Before we start with the installation of Pootle, it is recommended to update the system's packages to the latest version using the following command:
sudo dnf update
This will ensure that the system is up to date with all packages and dependencies required by Pootle.
Pootle requires several additional packages to be installed on the system. We can install all these packages using the following command:
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install gettext-devel python3-django python3-pillow python3-yaml python3-polib python3-beautifulsoup4 python3-lxml python3-virtkey python3-decorator python3-wheel python3-libsass python3-ruamel-yaml python3-requests python3-babel python3-bcrypt python3-bottle python3-bottle-sqlalchemy python3-certifi python3-chardet python3-click python3-cryptography python3-django_compressor python3-flask python3-flask-httpauth python3-flask-login python3-coverage python3-defusedxml python3-enum34 python3-fasteners python3-gunicorn python3-imaging python3-mock python3-ordereddict python3-paste python3-paste-deploy python3-pybabel python3-pytest python3-pytz python3-qrcode python3-redis python3-scandir python3-semantic-version python3-setuptools python3-simplejson python3-tornado python3-tornado-redis python3-tornado-sqlalchemy python3-tzlocal python3-unittest2 python3-werkzeug python3-webtest python3-selenium
This command will install all the required packages on your system.
To install Pootle, we will first clone the Pootle repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command:
sudo dnf install git
cd /opt
sudo git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/translate/pootle.git
This will clone the Pootle repository in the /opt/ directory.
Next, we will create a virtual environment and install all the required packages for Pootle.
sudo pip3 install virtualenv
cd /opt/pootle
sudo virtualenv --python=python3 .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
sudo pip3 install -r requirements/pootle.txt
Once all the packages are installed, we can now create a Pootle configuration file by copying the example configuration file.
cd /opt/pootle
sudo cp pootle/settings_local.py{.example,}
Next, we will generate a Pootle secret key by running the following command:
cd /opt/pootle
echo 'SECRET_KEY = "'$(openssl rand -base64 32)'"' | sudo tee -a pootle/settings_local.py
This will generate a secret key and add it to the Pootle configuration file.
Finally, we will migrate the database schema and create a Pootle superuser account.
cd /opt/pootle
sudo python manage.py migrate
sudo python manage.py createsuperuser
You will be prompted to enter your username and password to create a Pootle superuser account.
Pootle is a web-based application and needs a web server to handle incoming requests. In this tutorial, we will use Nginx as a reverse proxy server.
To install Nginx, use the following command:
sudo dnf install nginx
Next, we will create a new nginx configuration file for Pootle.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/pootle.conf
Paste the following configuration into the file:
server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name server_name_or_IP_address;
client_max_body_size 50M;
gzip on;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
}
}
Replace server_name_or_IP_address with the domain name or IP address of your server. This configuration file will redirect all incoming requests to the Pootle web server running on port 8000.
Next, restart Nginx and start the Pootle web server.
sudo systemctl restart nginx
cd /opt/pootle
source .venv/bin/activate
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
You can access Pootle by navigating to http://server_name_or_IP_address in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Pootle on Fedora Server Latest. Now you can start managing translations on your own centralized platform.
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