How to Install Sourcehut on POP! OS

Introduction

Sourcehut is a software forge that provides Git, Mercurial, and Fossil repositories, continuous integration and builds, mailing lists, and issue tracking. It is an open-source project that you can use to manage your software development workflow. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install Sourcehut on POP! OS, the popular Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you'll need:

  • A computer running POP! OS, preferably the latest version.
  • A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

Sourcehut requires several dependencies to be installed on your system before you can launch it. Open the terminal and run the following command to update your package manager:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Once your system is up-to-date, install the required dependencies using this command:

sudo apt install build-essential openssl libssl-dev git curl wget

Step 2 - Download and Install Sourcehut

Next, you'll need to download and install Sourcehut. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Open your web browser and go to https://sourcehut.org/.
  2. Click on the "Download" button on the top menu bar.
  3. Click on the "Linux" option and select your distribution.
  4. Download the ".deb" package for your system.
  5. Open the terminal and navigate to the directory where the package is stored using the cd command. For example, if the package is in the Downloads directory, you would run this command:
cd ~/Downloads
  1. Install the package using the dpkg command:
sudo dpkg -i sourcehut-*.deb

Step 3 - Configure Sourcehut

After installing Sourcehut, you'll need to configure it before you can use it. Follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal and navigate to the root directory using the cd command:
cd ~
  1. Create a .config directory if it doesn't exist:
mkdir -p .config
  1. Navigate to the .config directory:
cd .config
  1. Create a sourcehut directory:
mkdir sourcehut
  1. Navigate to the sourcehut directory:
cd sourcehut
  1. Create a config.ini file:
touch config.ini
  1. Open the config.ini file using your favorite text editor and add the following lines:
[api]
# set this to your sourcehut email address
email = [email protected]
# set this to your sourcehut API key
api_key = your_api_key

Replace "[email protected]" and "your_api_key" with your Sourcehut email address and API key.

Step 4 - Launch Sourcehut

Now you're ready to launch Sourcehut. Follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to create a new Sourcehut repository using the cd command. For example, to create a repository in the Documents directory, you would run this command:
cd ~/Documents
  1. Create a new directory for your repository:
mkdir myrepo
  1. Navigate to the directory:
cd myrepo
  1. Initialize the repository:
sr init

  1. Follow the prompts to configure the repository.

  2. Launch the Sourcehut interface using the sr web command:

sr web
  1. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:1138.

You should now see the Sourcehut interface in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure Sourcehut on POP! OS. You also learned how to launch your first Sourcehut repository. Once you're comfortable with the tool, you can start using it to manage your software development workflow.