Installing Gogs on Manjaro

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Gogs, a self-hosted Git service, on Manjaro Linux.

Prerequisites

  • Fully functional Manjaro Linux installation
  • Internet connection
  • Root access or user account with sudo privileges

Installing Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies that Gogs requires. In a terminal window, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S git go sqlite

This command will install Git, Go, and SQLite.

Downloading and Installing Gogs

Next, we need to download and install Gogs. You can download the latest version of Gogs from their official website, https://gogs.io/. Alternatively, you can download the latest version from the command line using wget. For example:

wget https://dl.gogs.io/gogs_latest_linux_amd64.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded file by running the following command:

tar -xvf gogs_latest_linux_amd64.tar.gz

Configuring Gogs

Before we can start using Gogs, we need to configure it. Navigate to the extracted Gogs directory and copy the app.ini.sample file to app.ini:

cd gogs
cp -r ./custom/conf/app.ini.sample ./custom/conf/app.ini

Next, open app.ini with your favorite text editor and configure the settings based on your needs. You will need to update the following settings:

  • RUN_USER
  • RUN_MODE
  • APP_NAME
  • SSH_PORT

After you have configured Gogs, save and close the file.

Running Gogs

To run Gogs, we will use the Gogs web server. You can start the server by running the following command:

./gogs web

This will start the Gogs web server on http://localhost:3000/. Open your web browser and navigate to the address to access the Gogs setup page.

Follow the setup wizard to create a new administrator account and initialize Gogs. Once the setup is complete, you can access Gogs using your web browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gogs on your Manjaro Linux installation. You can now use Gogs to host your Git repositories.