How to Install Kallithea on Void Linux

Kallithea is a free and open-source code hosting solution that allows you to manage source code repositories, files, and pull requests. It has a simple and intuitive web interface that provides easy access to the project repositories. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Kallithea on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before installing Kallithea, you need to ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

• You have root (sudo) access to the system
• Python 2.x (2.7 or later) is installed on the system
• Git is installed on the system
• PostgreSQL or MySQL is installed on the system

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Start by updating your system repositories and upgrade your installed packages. You can do this by running the following commands:

sudo xbps-install -S
sudo xbps-install -u

After that, you can proceed to install the required packages for Kallithea using the following command:

sudo xbps-install -y python-virtualenv python-devel git gcc openssl-devel postgresql-devel mysql-devel

Step 2: Create a Virtual Environment

To avoid any conflicts with the system's Python installation, we will create a virtual environment for Kallithea. Run the following command to create a virtual environment:

virtualenv kallithea

Once the virtual environment is created, activate it using the following command:

source kallithea/bin/activate

Step 3: Install Kallithea

With the virtual environment activated, you can now proceed to install Kallithea. To do this, run the following command:

pip install kallithea

Step 4: Create a Kallithea Configuration File

Next, we need to create a configuration file for Kallithea. Run the following command to create the configuration file:

kallithea-cli config-create /path/to/kallithea.ini

This will create a configuration file at the specified path. You can modify the configuration file as per your requirements.

Step 5: Run Kallithea

Finally, we are ready to run Kallithea. To start the Kallithea server, run the following command:

kallithea-cli serve -b 0.0.0.0 -p 5000 /path/to/kallithea.ini

This will start the Kallithea server, and you can access it by navigating to http://<your_server_ip>:5000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Kallithea on Void Linux. With Kallithea installed, you can easily manage your code repositories with ease. If you have any issues following this tutorial, please leave a comment below, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

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