How to Install Gitolite on OpenSUSE Latest

Gitolite is a tool used for managing Git repositories. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Gitolite on OpenSUSE latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure that you have:

  • A running instance of OpenSUSE latest
  • SSH key pair for the user who will be managing Gitolite
  • Basic knowledge of the command-line interface

Step 1 - Install Git

The first step is to install Git on your OpenSUSE system. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo zypper install git

Step 2 - Install Gitolite

Now, we will install Gitolite on our OpenSUSE system. For this, we will use the Git package manager. Follow these steps:

  1. First, clone the Gitolite repository from its official website using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite.git
  1. Now, we need to install Gitolite globally by running:
sudo ./install -ln /usr/local/bin
  1. After the installation is complete, we need to initialize Gitolite by running:
sudo -H -u gitolite3 gitolite setup -pk /path/to/user/sshPubKey.pub

In the above command, replace /path/to/user/sshPubKey.pub with the path to the SSH public key for the user who will be managing Gitolite.

  1. If the installation completed without errors, the Gitolite repositories will be stored in the path /home/gitolite3/repositories.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gitolite on your OpenSUSE system.

Step 3 - Configure Gitolite

Once Gitolite is installed, we can configure it to suit our requirements. For this, we need to edit the configuration file gitolite.conf, which is located at /home/gitolite3/.gitolite.

We can use any text editor of our choice to edit the file. The configuration file is written in the Perl programming language.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Gitolite on OpenSUSE latest. We also learned how to configure Gitolite to suit our requirements. Gitolite is a powerful tool for managing Git repositories, and its installation on OpenSUSE is straightforward.