How to Install Weblate on Manjaro

Weblate is a free and open-source web-based translation management system that allows users to translate various software projects into different languages. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Weblate on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding to the installation process, ensure that you have the following:

• Manjaro installed
• A Stable internet connection
• A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Update System Packages

Before we begin, make sure to update the system packages by running the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

To install Weblate, we need to install several packages and dependencies. Run the following command:

sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-setuptools python-venv python-wheel python-lxml gettext postgresql

Press 'Y' when prompted to proceed with the installation.

Step 3: Create a PostgreSQL Database

Weblate uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. To create a database, run the following commands:

sudo su postgres

psql

CREATE DATABASE weblate;

CREATE USER weblateuser WITH PASSWORD 'password';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE weblate TO weblateuser;

Step 4: Install Weblate

Create a directory where you want to install Weblate and navigate to that directory. For example:

mkdir weblate

cd weblate

Next, download Weblate by running the following command:

sudo pip install weblate

This will install Weblate on your system.

Step 5: Configure Weblate

To configure Weblate, run the following command:

weblate --init

This will generate a configuration file called 'settings.py'.

You need to make some changes to the configuration file. Open the file and modify the following lines:

                           'NAME': 'weblate',
                           'USER': 'weblateuser',
                           'PASSWORD': 'password',
                           'HOST': 'localhost',
                           'PORT': ''}}```


## Step 6: Start Weblate

To start Weblate, run the following command:

```weblate runserver```

This will start the Weblate web interface on port 8000.

## Step 7: Access Weblate on a Web Browser

Open your web browser and go to the following URL:

```http://localhost:8000```

You should see the Weblate login page. Use the default credentials to login:

Username: admin

Password: admin

You can now start using Weblate to translate your favorite software projects!

## Conclusion

We have shown you how to install Weblate on Manjaro. You can now easily manage translations on your local machine using Weblate. We hope this tutorial helped you.