Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of TracInstall


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    22[[TracGuideToc]]
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    4 Trac is written in the Python programming language and needs a database, [http://sqlite.org/ SQLite], [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL], or [http://mysql.com/ MySQL]. For HTML rendering, Trac uses the [http://genshi.edgewall.org Genshi] templating system.
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     5Trac is written in the Python programming language and needs a database, [http://sqlite.org/ SQLite], [http://postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL], [http://mysql.com/ MySQL]. For HTML rendering, Trac uses the [http://genshi.edgewall.org Genshi] templating system.
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    67What follows are generic instructions for installing and setting up Trac and its requirements. While you can find instructions for installing Trac on specific systems at TracInstallPlatforms on the main Trac site, please be sure to '''first read through these general instructions''' to get a good understanding of the tasks involved.
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    8 == Short - Install a released version ==
    9 For the quick install, make sure you have [http://python.org Python-2.5], [http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installing-easy-install easy_install] and SQlite-3.3.4 installed (or above).
     9See TracUpgrade for instructions on how to upgrade an existing installation.
     10
     11
     12== Quick Install a Released Version ==
     13For a quick install, first make sure you have [http://python.org/download Python] (2.3-2.6) and [http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installing-easy-install easy_install].
     14
     15Then enter (''omitting 'sudo' if not applicable'')
    1016{{{
    1117sudo easy_install Trac
    1218}}}
     19to install Trac, SQLite, and Genshi.
     20
    1321
    1422== Requirements ==
    … …  
    1725To install Trac, the following software packages must be installed:
    1826
    19  * [http://www.python.org/ Python], version >= 2.3
     27 * [http://www.python.org/ Python], version >=2.3 (<3.0)
    2028   * if using mod_python together with xml-related things, use python-2.5. expat is namespaced there and does not cause apache to crash any more(see [http://www.dscpl.com.au/wiki/ModPython/Articles/ExpatCausingApacheCrash here] for details).
    2129   * For RPM-based systems you might also need the `python-devel` and `python-xml` packages.
    22    * See instructions in ["TracOnWindows/Python2.5"]
    23  * [http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools setuptools], version >= 0.6
     30   * See instructions in [trac:wiki:TracOnWindows/Python2.5 TracOnWindows/Python2.5]
     31 * [wiki:setuptools], version >= 0.6
    2432 * [http://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/Download Genshi], version >= 0.5 (was version >= 0.4.1 on previous 0.11 release candidates)
    2533 * You also need a database system and the corresponding python drivers for it.
    26    The database can be either SQLite, PostgreSQL or ''MySQL (experimental)''.
     34   The database can be either SQLite, PostgreSQL or MySQL.
    2735 * Optional if some plugins require it: [http://www.clearsilver.net/ ClearSilver]
    2836
    2937==== For SQLite ====
    3038
    31  * [http://www.sqlite.org/ SQLite], version 3.3.4 and above preferred (note: it is preinstalled in Python 2.5.2).
    32  * If not using Python-2.5: [http://pysqlite.org/ PySQLite], version 1.x (for SQLite 2.x) or version 2.x (for SQLite 3.x), version 2.3.2 preferred. For details see PySqlite
    33 
    34 ''Note: It appears that PySQLite 2.x is required for Trac 0.9+/SQLite 3.x if you plan to use the 'trac-post-commit-hook.py' script available from the 'contrib' section of the source repository.''
    35 
    36 ''Note: Users of Mac OS X please take care; the Apple-supplied SQLite contains additional code to support file locking on network filesystems like AFP or SMB. This is not presently (3.3.6) in the mainline sources, so if you build your own SQLite from source it will not function correctly on such filesystems - typically it gives the error "{{{database is locked}}}". [http://www.alastairs-place.net/2006/07/sqlite_and_mac/ A patch] is available for version 3.3.6, based on Apple's code, otherwise you're probably best off using the Apple supplied version (presently 3.1.3).''
     39If you're using Python 2.5 or 2.6, you already have everything you need.
     40
     41If you're using Python 2.3 or 2.4 and need pysqlite, you can download from
     42[http://code.google.com/p/pysqlite/downloads/list google code] the Windows
     43installers or the tar.gz archive for building from source:
     44{{{
     45$ tar xvfz <version>.tar.gz
     46$ cd <version>
     47$ python setup.py build_static install
     48}}}
     49 
     50That way, the latest SQLite version will be downloaded and built into the
     51bindings.
     52
     53If you're still using SQLite 2.x, you'll need pysqlite 1.0.x, although this
     54package is not easy to find anymore. For SQLite 3.x, try not to use
     55pysqlite 1.1.x, which has been deprecated in favor of pysqlite 2.x.
     56
     57See additional information in [trac:PySqlite PySqlite].
    3758
    3859==== For PostgreSQL ====
    … …  
    4061 * [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL]
    4162 * [http://initd.org/projects/psycopg2 psycopg2]
    42  * See [wiki:DatabaseBackend#Postgresql]
     63 * See [trac:wiki:DatabaseBackend#Postgresql DatabaseBackend]
    4364
    4465'''Warning''': PostgreSQL 8.3 uses a strict type checking mechanism. To use Trac with the 8.3 Version of PostgreSQL, you will need [http://trac.edgewall.org/changeset/6512 trac-0.11] or later.
    … …  
    4667==== For MySQL ====
    4768
    48 '''Warning''': MySQL support is currently ''still'' experimental. That means it works for some people, but several issues remain, in particular regarding the use of unicode and the key length in the repository cache. See MySqlDb for more detailed information.
    49 
    50  * [http://mysql.com/ MySQL], version 4.1 or later
     69 * [http://mysql.com/ MySQL], version 4.1 or later ([http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/MariaDB MariaDB] might work as well)
    5170 * [http://sf.net/projects/mysql-python MySQLdb], version 1.2.1 or later
    5271
     72See [trac:MySqlDb MySqlDb] for more detailed information.
     73It is ''very'' important to read carefully that page before creating the database.
     74
    5375== Optional Requirements ==
    5476
    5577==== Version Control System ====
    5678
    57 '''Please note:''' if using Subversion, Trac must be installed on the '''same machine'''. Remote repositories are currently not supported.
    58 
    59  * [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion], version >= 1.0. (versions recommended: 1.2.4, 1.3.2 or 1.4.2) and the '''''corresponding''''' Python bindings. For troubleshooting, check TracSubversion
     79'''Please note:''' if using Subversion, Trac must be installed on the '''same machine'''. Remote repositories are currently not supported (although Windows UNC paths such as {{{\\machine_name\path\to\svn}}} do work).
     80
     81 * [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion], version >= 1.0. (versions recommended: 1.2.4, 1.3.2 or 1.4.2) and the '''''corresponding''''' Python bindings. For troubleshooting, check [trac:TracSubversion TracSubversion]
    6082   * Trac uses the [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/svnbook-1.1/ch08s02.html#svn-ch-8-sect-2.3 SWIG] bindings included in the Subversion distribution, '''not''' [http://pysvn.tigris.org/ PySVN] (which is sometimes confused with the standard SWIG bindings).
    6183   * If Subversion was already installed without the SWIG bindings, on Unix you'll need to re-`configure` Subversion and `make swig-py`, `make install-swig-py`.
    6284   * There are [http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91 pre-compiled bindings] available for win32.
    63  * Support for other version control systems is provided via third-parties. See PluginList and VersioningSystemBackend.
     85 * Support for other version control systems is provided via third-parties. See [trac:PluginList PluginList] and [trac:VersioningSystemBackend VersioningSystemBackend].
    6486
    6587==== Web Server ====
    6688 * A CGI-capable web server (see TracCgi), or
    6789 * a [http://www.fastcgi.com/ FastCGI]-capable web server (see TracFastCgi), or
    68  * an [http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/ajp/ajpv13a.html AJP]-capable web server (see Trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp), or
    69  * [http://httpd.apache.org/ Apache] with [http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/ mod_wsgi] (see [wiki:TracModWSGI] or http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/IntegrationWithTrac)
     90 * an [http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/ajp/ajpv13a.html AJP]-capable web server (see [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp TracOnWindowsIisAjp]), or
     91 * [http://httpd.apache.org/ Apache] with [http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/ mod_wsgi] (see [wiki:TracModWSGI] or http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/IntegrationWithTrac) or
    7092    * This should work with Apache 1.3, 2.0 or 2.2 and promises to deliver more performance than using mod_python. A little less mature than mod_python.
    7193 * [http://httpd.apache.org/ Apache] with [http://www.modpython.org/ mod_python 3.1.3+] (see TracModPython)
    7294    * When installing mod_python the development versions of Python and Apache are required (actually the libraries and header files)
    7395
    74 For those stuck with Apache 1.3, it is also possible to get Trac working with [http://www.modpython.org/ mod_python 2.7] (see [wiki:TracModPython2.7 TracModPython2.7]). This guide hasn't been updated since 0.84, so it may or may not work.
     96For those stuck with Apache 1.3, it is also possible to get Trac working with [http://www.modpython.org/ mod_python 2.7] (see [trac:wiki:TracModPython2.7 TracModPython2.7]). This guide hasn't been updated since 0.84, so it may or may not work.
    7597
    7698==== Other Python Utilities ====
    … …  
    79101 * [http://pytz.sf.net pytz] to get a complete list of time zones, otherwise Trac will fall back on a shorter list from an internal time zone implementation.
    80102
    81 '''Attention''': The various available versions of these dependencies are not necessarily interchangable, so please pay attention to the version numbers above. If you are having trouble getting Trac to work please double-check all the dependencies before asking for help on the MailingList or IrcChannel.
    82 
    83 Please refer to the documentation of these packages to find out how they are best installed. In addition, most of the [wiki:TracInstallPlatforms platform-specific instructions] also describe the installation of the dependencies. Keep in mind however that the information there ''probably concern older versions of Trac than the one you're installing'' (there are even some pages that are still talking about Trac 0.8!).
     103'''Attention''': The various available versions of these dependencies are not necessarily interchangable, so please pay attention to the version numbers above. If you are having trouble getting Trac to work please double-check all the dependencies before asking for help on the [trac:MailingList MailingList] or [trac:IrcChannel IrcChannel].
     104
     105Please refer to the documentation of these packages to find out how they are best installed. In addition, most of the [trac:TracInstallPlatforms platform-specific instructions] also describe the installation of the dependencies. Keep in mind however that the information there ''probably concern older versions of Trac than the one you're installing'' (there are even some pages that are still talking about Trac 0.8!).
    84106
    85107== Installing Trac ==
    … …  
    141163  chown -R apache.apache /path/to/myproject
    142164
    143 '''Warning: If the trac.cgi files are not installed where you expect, then the current documentation is insufficient; it might be necessary to use the 'deploy' command in trac-admin.  See tickets http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/7312 and possibly http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/6827'''
    144 
    145165== Running the Standalone Server ==
    146166
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    155175}}}
    156176
    157 
    158177== Running Trac on a Web Server ==
    159178
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    163182
    164183Trac also supports [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp AJP] which may be your choice if you want to connect to IIS.
     184
     185==== Generating the Trac cgi-bin directory ====
     186
     187In order for Trac to function properly with FastCGI or mod_python, you need to have a trac.cgi file. This is an executable which loads the appropriate Python code. It can be generated using the `deploy` option of [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin].
     188
     189There is, however, a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem. The [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] command requires an existing environment to function, but complains if the deploy directory already exists. This is a problem, because environments are often stored in a subdirectory of the deploy. The solution is to do something like this:
     190{{{
     191mkdir -p /usr/share/trac/projects/my-project
     192trac-admin /usr/share/trac/projects/my-project initenv
     193trac-admin /usr/share/trac/projects/my-project deploy /tmp/deploy
     194mv /tmp/deploy/* /usr/share/trac
     195}}}
    165196
    166197==== Setting up the Plugin Cache ====
    … …  
    176207 * TracModPython if you use the mod_python method.
    177208
    178 == Trac 0.11 & SVN on Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) ==
    179 
    180  * TracOnLeopardServer
     209== Automatic reference to the SVN changesets in Trac tickets ==
     210
     211You can configure SVN to automatically add a reference to the changeset into the ticket comments, whenever files are committed to the repository. The description of the commit needs to contain one of the following formulas:
     212 * '''Refs #123''' - to reference this changeset in #123 ticket
     213 * '''Fixes #123''' - to reference this changeset and close #123 ticket with the default status ''fixed''
     214
     215All you have to do is to edit the ''post-commit'' hook in your SVN repository and make it execute ''trac-post-commit-hook'' coming with Trac.
     216
     217If you are editing the ''post-commit'' hook for the first time you need to navigate to your SVN repository's hooks subfolder and rename existing there ''post-commit'' template:
     218
     219{{{
     220$ cd /path/to/svn/repository/hooks
     221$ mv post-commit.tmpl post-commit
     222$ chmod 755 post-commit
     223}}}
     224
     225Next open it in any text editor and add a line with path to the Trac environment connected with this SVN repository and another line executing the ''trac-post-commit-hook'' script:
     226
     227{{{
     228REPOS="$1"
     229REV="$2"
     230TRAC_ENV="/path/to/your/trac/project"
     231
     232/usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/trac-post-commit-hook -p "$TRAC_ENV" -r "$REV"
     233}}}
     234
     235Make sure that ''trac-post-commit-hook'' exists in above path with execution permissions for the same user which SVN is running from. This script can be found in contrib subfolder of your Trac distribution and the latest version can be always downloaded from [source:trunk/contrib/trac-post-commit-hook].
     236
     237
     238== Platform-specifics installations ==
     239
     240 * See [trac:TracInstallPlatforms TracInstallPlatforms]
     241 
    181242
    182243== Using Trac ==
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    188249'' Enjoy! ''
    189250
    190 [wiki:TracTeam The Trac Team]
     251[trac:TracTeam The Trac Team]
    191252
    192253----
    193 See also: TracGuide, TracCgi, TracFastCgi, TracModPython, [wiki:TracModWSGI], TracUpgrade, TracPermissions
    194 
     254See also: [trac:TracInstallPlatforms TracInstallPlatforms], TracGuide, TracCgi, TracFastCgi, TracModPython, [wiki:TracModWSGI], TracUpgrade, TracPermissions
     255