Setup - gskoljarev/bloshi GitHub Wiki

Requirements

• Linux distribution

Recommended: Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04 (https://www.ubuntu.com/download)

Setup

Start terminal app.

Ctrl + Alt + T

Install Git.

sudo apt-get install git

Install necessary tools.

sudo apt-get install python-pip virtualenv virtualenvwrapper

Append to .bashrc file.

...
# Virtualenvwrapper settings
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
export PROJECT_HOME=$HOME/Projects
source /etc/bash_completion.d/virtualenvwrapper

Source .bashrc file

source .bashrc

Create Projects folder (ex. /home/goran/Projects/). This is where bloshi will reside.

mkdir Projects

Make a new folder in your Projects folder.

cd home/goran/Projects
mkdir bloshiproject

Make & activate virtualenv project with virtualenvwrapper (mkvirtualenv [-a project_path] ENVNAME).

mkvirtualenv -a /home/goran/Projects/bloshiproject/ bloshiproject

Setup git if needed & clone the project. Note the dot in the second command.

cd bloshiproject
git clone [email protected]:gskoljarev/bloshi.git .

Create & populate .env file from provided .env.sample file.

cp .env.sample .env

• SECRET_KEY may be generated at http://www.miniwebtool.com/django-secret-key-generator/

Deactivate and activate virtual environment

deactivate
workon bloshiproject

Enter bloshi folder.

cd bloshi

Install needed requirements.

pip install -r requirements.txt

If there are requirement errors, possible solutions:

If the project is not being setup locally, but on a server:

sudo apt-get install python-dev libpq-dev

Pillow error:

sudo apt-get install libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev python-tk

Run migrations

python manage.py migrate

Create a superuser

python manage.py createsuperuser

Collect static files

python manage.py collectstatic