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h1. HowTo Install Redmine using Debian package A redmine debian package is available in squeeze, sid and "lenny-backports":http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions Featuring: * automatic database configuration, * multiple instances support. The core package is redmine. Three packages (redmine-*) provide correct dependencies for mysql, pgsql, sqlite. Currently there is no plugins support, although it's on the way. h1. Installation details h2. Install the necessary packages From root console: @apt-get install mysql@ during mysql setup, provide a new root password for mysql @apt-get install redmine@ during redmine install, select mysql database with local connection, set the admin password for redmine_default database h2. Correct the bug (wrong display): vi $redmine_dir/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor.rb and modify from gem 'i18n', '>= 0.1.3' in gem 'i18n', '>= 0.1.3', '< 0.4.0' @apt-get install libapache2-mod-passenger@ h2. Do some configuration @ln -s /usr/share/redmine/public /var/www/redmine@ @chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/redmine@ @echo "RailsBaseURI /redmine" > /etc/apache2/sites-available/redmine@ @a2ensite redmine@ @/etc/init.d/apache2 reload@ @/etc/init.d/apache2 restart@ h2. Configure email smtp server Copy from template: @cp /usr/share/doc/redmine/examples/email.yml.example /etc/redmine/default/mail.yml@ Edit (at the end, there are uncommented production / development blocks to be filled in): @vi /etc/redmine/default/mail.yml@ h2. Run the browser Open http://localhost/redmine Log in as admin / admin h2. Futher configuration - SVN Get the API key (settings / repositories) Make a crontab to have repositories generated in the background: @crontab -e@ In the editor, paste the following (this runs the scan of the projects and if needed it creates the svn repositories): @/5 * * * * /usr/bin/ruby /usr/share/redmine/extra/svn/reposman.rb --redmine localhost/redmine --svn-dir /usr/home/svn --owner www-data --group www-data --url file:///usr/home/svn --verbose --key=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE --command="/usr/bin/svnadmin create" >> /var/log/reposman.log@ Configure servername/svn, so that svn repositories are available over apache webdav: fixme