Installing Gitea on Linux Mint

In this tutorial, we'll take a look at how to install Gitea.io's self-hosted Git service, Gitea, on your Linux Mint machine. Gitea provides you with a platform to host your own Git repositories, allowing you to collaborate on code with your team or simply to manage your own projects.

Step 1: Install dependencies

Begin by installing a few dependencies that Gitea needs in order to run. Open up a terminal and run the following command to install these dependencies:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git sqlite3 ca-certificates

Step 2: Download Gitea

You can download the latest release of Gitea from its official website at https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/. We will be using the latest version of Gitea (as of the time of writing), which is 1.15.5. Navigate to the folder that you want to install Gitea to and use wget to download the latest release:

cd ~
wget https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/1.15.5/gitea-1.15.5-linux-amd64

Step 3: Install Gitea

After the download is complete, extract the Gitea binary from the downloaded archive using the tar command:

tar -zxvf gitea-1.15.5-linux-amd64

After the extraction process, you will end up with a gitea file in your current directory, which is the Gitea binary file.

Step 4: Create a new user for Gitea

For security reasons, it is recommended that you create a dedicated user to run Gitea. To do this, run the following command:

sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false gitea

Step 5: Configure Gitea

We need to configure Gitea before starting it up. Copy the file app.ini.sample to app.ini and edit it with your preferred text editor:

cp /path/to/gitea/app.ini.sample /path/to/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
nano /path/to/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini

In this file, you can configure settings like the database, the port to use, and email notifications.

Step 6: Start Gitea

Now that the configuration is done, you're ready to start Gitea! Run the following command to start the service:

./path/to/gitea web

You can now access the Gitea web interface by navigating to http://localhost:3000/ in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we've outlined the steps needed to install Gitea on your Linux Mint machine. By following these steps, you'll be able to host your own Git repositories and collaborate with your team or manage your own projects with ease.

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