Here is the list of programs that we have installed:

• virtual-python
• Trac 0.10.4
• Clearsilver 0.10.3
• SQLite 3.5.2
• PySqlite 2.3.5
• Swig 1.3.31

If you have already tried to install Trac remove all installed programs in your directory (ex: packages) and remove the other files created (ex: .pydistutils.cfg) or paths setted in .bash_profile or .bash_rc.

Let’s start with a new installation!

First of all we have to create in our Home folder three directories

• packages: the directory where we will install all programs
• install_files: the directory in which we put downloaded tarballs
• trac_sites: the directory where we put all Trac environments

so:

mkdir packages
mkdir install_files
mkdir trac_sites

Install Virtual-Python

If you are on a Linux, BSD, Cygwin, or other similar Unix-like operating system, but don’t have root access, you can create your own “virtual” Python installation, which uses its own library directories and some symlinks to the site-wide Python.

• cd ~/install_files
• wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/virtual-python.py
• python virtualpython.py –prefix=$HOME/packages

Install Trac

• cd ~/install_files
• wget http://ftp.edgewall.com/pub/trac/trac-0.10.4.tar.gz
• tar zxvf trac-0.10.4.tar.gz
• cd trac-0.10.4
• python setup.py install –prefix=$HOME/packages

Install ClearSilver

• cd ~/install_files
• wget http://www.clearsilver.net/downloads/clearsilver-0.10.3.tar.gz
• tar zxvf clearsilver-0.10.3.tar.gz
• cd clearsilver-0.10.3
• PYTHON_SITE=`~/packages/bin/python -c \
  “import sys; print [path for path in sys.path if path.find('site-packages') != -1][0]“` ./configure –with-python=~/packages/bin/python –prefix=$HOME/packages –disable-ruby –disable-java –disable-apache –disable-csharp –disable-perl
• make
• make install

Install SQLite

• cd ~/install_files
• wget http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-3.5.2.tar.gz
• tar zxvf sqlite-3.5.2.tar.gz
• cd sqlite-3.5.2
• ./configure –prefix=$HOME/packages
• make
• make install
• ln -s $HOME/packages/bin/sqlite3 $HOME/packages/bin/sqlite

Install PySQLite

• unlink $HOME/packages/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pysqlite2
• cd ~/install_files
• wget http://initd.org/pub/software/pysqlite/releases/2.3/2.3.5/pysqlite-2.3.5.tar.gz
• tar zxvf pysqlite-2.3.5.tar.gz
• cd pysqlite-2.3.5
• python setup.py install –prefix=$HOME/packages

The first command is an unlink. This is needed because pysqlite is already installed on DreamHost. But with the default pysqlite the trac-admin command fails.

Install SWIG

• cd ~/install_files
• wget http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/swig/swig-1.3.31.tar.gz
• tar zxvf swig-1.3.31.tar.gz
• cd swig-1.3.31
• ./configure –prefix=$HOME/packages/ –with-python=/$HOME/packages/bin/python
• make
• make install

Now we have to create a new Trac environment, but before we have to edit the .bash_profile and add this rows:

export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/packages/lib/python2.3/site-packages"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/packages/lib"
export PATH="$HOME/packages/bin:$PATH"

then reload the .bash_profile:

source .bash_profile

To create a Trac environment use this command:

trac-admin $HOME/trac_sites/PROJECTNAME initenv

as you can see trac_sites folder is the third directory that we have created above. Here we store all projects. The trac-admin command asks you some questions and we it is ended a new Trac environment is set up!

Now follow the Natmaster tutorial beginning at “Make Trac Web Accessible” section.