How to Install Woodpecker on Pop! OS Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing the Woodpecker continuous integration (CI) tool on Pop! OS, the popular Linux distribution developed by System76.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:

  • A running instance of Pop! OS with sudo privileges
  • A terminal emulator of your choice

Installation Steps

To install Woodpecker on Pop! OS, follow these steps:

  1. Install the required dependencies
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y python3-dev python3-pip virtualenv git
  1. Create a virtualenv
virtualenv -p python3 ~/woodpecker
  1. Activate the virtualenv
source ~/woodpecker/bin/activate
  1. Install Woodpecker
pip3 install woodpecker-ci
  1. Clone the sample project
mkdir ~/woodpecker-project
cd ~/woodpecker-project
git clone https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/example-python.git .
  1. Set up the configuration file
cp example-woodpecker.yml woodpecker.yml
  1. Run your first build
woodpecker

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Woodpecker on Pop! OS and run your first build. You can now use Woodpecker to automate your continuous integration workflow and ensure that your code is always testable and deployable.