OpenSlides/INSTALL.txt

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 Installation Instructions for OpenSlides 1.4
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I.   Installation on GNU/Linux and MacOSX using the Python Package Index (PyPI)
II.  Installation on GNU/Linux and MacOSX using the sources
III. Installation on Windows (32bit) using the Python Package Index (PyPI)

If you need help ask on OpenSlides users mailing list.
See http://openslides.org for more information.


I. Installation on GNU/Linux and MacOSX using the Python Package Index (PyPI)
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  1. Check requirements:

        Make sure that you have installed Python Programming Language 2
        (>= 2.6) on your system. You will also need the Python
        development headers.

        E. g. for Ubuntu run:
        $ sudo apt-get install python-dev

  2. Setup a virtual environment with virtualenv (optional):

        You can setup a virtual environment to install OpenSlides as
        non-root user.

        Make sure that you have installed Virtual Python Environment builder
        on your system.

        E. g. for Ubuntu run:
        $ sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv

        To setup and activate the virtual environment, create your
        OpenSlides directory, change to it and run:

        $ virtualenv .venv
        $ source .venv/bin/activate

  3. Install OpenSlides:

        $ pip install openslides

        OpenSlides will install the following required python packages:
          + Django
          + django-mptt
          + pillow
          + qrcode
          + reportlab
          + tornado
          + bleach
          + beautifulsoup4
          + html5lib
          
  4. Start OpenSlides server and open URL in your default browser:

        $ openslides

        If you run this command the first time a new database and the
        admin account are created. Please change the password after
        first login!

        Username: admin
        Password: admin

        Use 'openslides --help' to show all start options.

  5. Restart OpenSlides:

        To restart OpenSlides after closing the terminal activate the
        virtual environment before starting the server:

        $ source .venv/bin/activate
        $ openslides


II. Installation on GNU/Linux and MacOSX using the sources
==========================================================

  1. Check requirements:

        Make sure that you have installed Python Programming Language 2
        (>= 2.6) on your system. You will also need the Python
        development headers.

        E. g. for Ubuntu run:
        $ sudo apt-get install python-dev

  2. Get OpenSlides:

     a) Download latest OpenSlides release from http://openslides.org.

     OR

     b) Clone current master version from OpenSlides' GitHub repository
        https://github.com/OpenSlides/OpenSlides. This requires Git
        (see http://git-scm.com/).

        E. g. for Ubuntu run:
        $ sudo apt-get install git
        $ git clone git://github.com/OpenSlides/OpenSlides.git

  3. Setup a virtual environment with virtualenv (optional):

        You can setup a virtual environment to install OpenSlides as
        non-root user.

        Make sure that you have installed Virtual Python Environment builder
        on your system.

        E. g. for Ubuntu run:
        $ sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv

        To setup and activate the virtual environment go to the
        (extracted/cloned) root directory of OpenSlides and run:

        $ virtualenv .venv
        $ source .venv/bin/activate

  4. Install all required python packages:

        $ pip install -r requirements.txt

  5. Start OpenSlides server and open URL in your default browser:

        $ python start.py

        If you run this script the first time a new database and the
        admin account will be created. Please change the password after
        first login!

        Username: admin
        Password: admin

        Use 'python start.py --help' to show all start options.

  6. Restart OpenSlides:

        To restart OpenSlides after closing the terminal activate the
        virtual environment before starting the server:

        $ source .venv/bin/activate
        $ python start.py


III. Installation on Windows (32bit) using the Python Package Index (PyPI)
==========================================================================

NOTE: There is a portable version of OpenSlides for Windows which does not
required any install steps! If there is a reason that you can not use the
portable version you should run the following install steps.

  1. Install requirements:

        The OpenSlides install requires following programs, which should be
        installed first:
          + Python Programming Language 2 (>= 2.6)
          + Setuptools

     a) Download and run 32bit MSI installer from http://www.python.org/:

        http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.4/python-2.7.4.msi

     b) Add python dirs to PATH (via Control Panel > System > Advanced):

        ";C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Scripts"

     c) Download and run 32bit binary installer from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools:

        https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.7.exe

  2. Setup a virtual environment with virtualenv (optional):

        You can setup a virtual environment to install OpenSlides as
        non-root user.

        To setup and activate the virtual environment, create your
        OpenSlides directory, open command line (cmd), change to the
        directory and run:

        > virtualenv .venv
        > .venv\Scripts\activate

  3. Install OpenSlides:

        Run on command line (cmd):

        > pip install openslides

        OpenSlides will install all required python packages.

  4. Start OpenSlides server and open URL in your default browser:

        Run on command line (cmd):

        > openslides

        If you run this script the first time a new database and the
        admin account are created. Please change the password after
        first login!

        Username: admin
        Password: admin

        Use 'openslides --help' to show all start options.

  5. Restart OpenSlides:

        To restart OpenSlides after closing the command line activate the
        virtual environment before starting the server:

        > .venv/Scripts/activate
        > openslides