Kallithea is a powerful open-source code hosting and management platform that supports Git, Mercurial, and Subversion. This tutorial will help you install Kallithea on an Ubuntu Server.
Before we start with the installation, you need to ensure that your Ubuntu server is up to date. To update the server, run the following commands:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Kallithea requires Python PIP to be installed on your server. To install PIP, run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip
Next, we need to install Python virtual environment to ensure the dependencies are installed in an isolated environment. Run the following command to install it:
$ sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
In this step, we’ll create a new virtual environment for Kallithea. This virtual environment will contain all the required dependencies for Kallithea.
$ mkdir ~/kallithea
$ cd ~/kallithea
$ virtualenv kallithea
Activate the virtual environment by running the following command:
$ source kallithea/bin/activate
Now we can install Kallithea using PIP. To install Kallithea, run the following command:
$ pip install kallithea
Once installation is complete, you need to create a Kallithea configuration file. You can use the following command to create a Kallithea configuration file:
$ paster make-config Kallithea production.ini
Finally, it’s time to start the Kallithea server by running the following command:
$ paster serve production.ini
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kallithea on your Ubuntu Server. You can now access Kallithea by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:5000/.
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Alternatively, for the best virtual desktop, try Shells!