How to Install Kallithea on NetBSD

Kallithea is a free and open source version control system that allows users to manage their code repositories. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Kallithea on NetBSD.

Pre-Requisites

Before installing Kallithea, make sure your NetBSD is up-to-date:

sudo pkgin update && sudo pkgin upgrade

Also, install the following dependencies:

sudo pkgin install python37 py37-setuptools py37-virtualenv

Installing Kallithea

1. Open the terminal on your NetBSD machine.

2. Create a new directory where you want to install Kallithea.

mkdir kallithea
cd kallithea

3. Create a new virtual environment in the current directory:

sudo virtualenv env

4. Activate the virtual environment:

source env/bin/activate

5. Install Kallithea using pip:

pip install kallithea

6. Setup Kallithea by running:

paster make-config Kallithea production.ini

7. Edit the production.ini file and configure the settings as per your requirement.

8. Initialize the Kallithea database by running:

paster setup-db production.ini

9. Finally, start Kallithea in the foreground:

paster serve production.ini

Conclusion

Kallithea should now be up and running on your NetBSD machine. You can access the interface by opening up a web browser and typing in the URL:

http://localhost:5000/

You can now create new repositories and start managing your code.

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