HowTo Install Redmine using Debian package¶

A redmine debian package is available in squeeze, sid and lenny-backports
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.

Installation details¶

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

apt-get install libapache2-mod-passenger

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

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

Run the browser¶

Open http://localhost/redmine

Log in as admin / admin

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:
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