How to Install RhodeCode on Elementary OS Latest

RhodeCode is a web-based source code management tool that helps developers to manage and track their code commits. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install RhodeCode on your Elementary OS latest version.

Prerequisites

Before you start with the installation, you need to have the following prerequisites:

  • A user account with sudo privileges.
  • Apache web server installed and running on your system.
  • PostgreSQL database installed and running on your system.
  • Python 3.7 or later installed on your system.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, you need to install the necessary dependencies for RhodeCode. You can use the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y gcc python3-dev python3-pip

Step 2: Install RhodeCode

You can install RhodeCode using pip. You can use the following command to install RhodeCode:

sudo pip3 install rhodecode

Step 3: Configure RhodeCode

After installation, you need to configure RhodeCode. You can use the following command to generate the configuration file:

paster make-config RhodeCode development.ini

Once you have generated the configuration file, you need to edit the file and make the following changes:

  • Change the sqlalchemy.url parameter with the PostgreSQL database URL.

  • Uncomment the exception_only setting in the [logging] section to enable logging of only exceptions.

  • Change the cache.backend parameter to dogpile.cache.memory.

  • Uncomment the server.socket_port setting and set the port number 5000.

  • Uncomment and change the server.socket_host setting to your system's IP address.

Step 4: Start RhodeCode Server

Finally, you need to start the RhodeCode server. You can use the following command to start the server:

paster serve development.ini

Step 5: Access RhodeCode

Once the RhodeCode server is running, you can access RhodeCode by visiting http://your-ip-address:5000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install RhodeCode on your Elementary OS latest version. You can now use RhodeCode to manage your source code and track your code commits.