web2.0-backend/linux_install.md

Linux/Mac installation instructions

Install dependencies

Dependency list

• Python >3.5
• PostgreSQL >9.5
• pip3
• virtualenv
• npm

Install with apt:

sudo apt install python3
sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo apt install postgresql
sudo pip3 install virtualenv
sudo apt install npm

More info about PostgreSQL at: https://www.postgresql.org/

These packages might be needed on certain platforms:

• python3-dev
• libffi-dev
• python3-cffi
• libssl-dev

Create a virtual environment for python

Create a virtualenv in the parent directory.

virtualenv -p python3 ../virtualenv.sikweb

Activate virtualenv

Assuming we are at the root of this repository and virtualenv is one level above.

. ../virtualenv.sikweb/bin/activate

Run install wizard

Run the install wizard with

bash setup.sh

and follow the instructions.

Done

In case of error on macOS Mojave 10.14

If you get an error saying

The headers or library files could not be found for zlib,
a required dependency when compiling Pillow from source.

run

xcode-select --install
sudo installer -pkg /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg -target /