How to Install Kallithea on Ubuntu Server Latest

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.

Prerequisites:

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

Step 1: Installing Python PIP

Kallithea requires Python PIP to be installed on your server. To install PIP, run the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install python-pip

Step 2: Installing Python Virtual Environment

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

Step 3: Creating a Kallithea Virtual Environment

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

Step 4: Activate the Virtual Environment

Activate the virtual environment by running the following command:

$ source kallithea/bin/activate

Step 5: Installing Kallithea

Now we can install Kallithea using PIP. To install Kallithea, run the following command:

$ pip install kallithea

Step 6: Configuring 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

Step 7: Starting Kallithea Server

Finally, it’s time to start the Kallithea server by running the following command:

$ paster serve production.ini

Conclusion

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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