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    44Trac is written in the Python programming language and needs a database, [http://sqlite.org/ SQLite], [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL], or [http://mysql.com/ MySQL]. For HTML rendering, Trac uses the [http://genshi.edgewall.org Genshi] templating system.
    55
    6 Since version 0.12, Trac can also be localized, and there's probably a translation available for your language. If you want to be able to use the Trac interface in other languages, then make sure you **first** have installed the optional package [#OtherPythonPackages Babel]. Lacking Babel, you will only get the default English version, as usual. If you install Babel later on, you will need to re-install Trac.
     6Since version 0.12, Trac can also be localized, and there's probably a translation available for your language. If you want to be able to use the Trac interface in other languages, then make sure you **first** have installed the optional package [#OtherPythonPackages Babel]. Lacking Babel, you will only get the default english version, as usual. If you install Babel later on, you will need to re-install Trac.
    77
    88If you're interested in contributing new translations for other languages or enhance the existing translations, then please have a look at [trac:wiki:TracL10N TracL10N].
    99
    10 What follows are generic instructions for installing and setting up Trac and its requirements. While you may find instructions for installing Trac on specific systems at [trac:wiki:TracInstallPlatforms TracInstallPlatforms] on the main Trac site, please be sure to '''first read through these general instructions''' to get a good understanding of the tasks involved.
     10What follows are generic instructions for installing and setting up Trac and its requirements. While you may find instructions for installing Trac on specific systems at TracInstallPlatforms on the main Trac site, please be sure to '''first read through these general instructions''' to get a good understanding of the tasks involved.
    1111
    1212[[PageOutline(2-3,Installation Steps,inline)]]
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    1717
    1818 * [http://www.python.org/ Python], version >= 2.4 and < 3.0
    19    //(note that we dropped the support for Python 2.3 in this release and that this will be the last Trac release supporting Python 2.4)//
     19   (note that we dropped the support for Python 2.3 in this release)
    2020 * [http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools setuptools], version >= 0.6
    21  * [http://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/Download Genshi], version >= 0.6 (but < 0.7dev, i.e. don't use Genshi trunk)
     21 * [http://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/Download Genshi], version >= 0.6
    2222
    2323You also need a database system and the corresponding python bindings.
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    7575
    7676===== Subversion =====
    77 
    78 [http://subversion.apache.org/ Subversion] 1.5.x or 1.6.x and the '''''corresponding''''' Python bindings.
    79 
    80 There are [http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html pre-compiled SWIG bindings] available for various platforms. See also the TracSubversion page for details about Windows packages.
    81 
    82 Older versions starting from 1.4.0, etc. should still work. For troubleshooting information, check the [trac:TracSubversion#Troubleshooting TracSubversion] page. Versions prior to 1.4.0 won't probably work since trac uses svn core functionality (e.g. svn_path_canonicalize) that is not implemented in the python swig wrapper in svn <= 1.3.x (although it exists in the svn lib itself).
    83 
    84 Note that Trac '''doesn't''' use [http://pysvn.tigris.org/ PySVN], neither does it work yet with the newer `ctype`-style bindings.
    85 
    86 '''Please note:''' if using Subversion, Trac must be installed on the '''same machine'''. Remote repositories are currently [trac:#493 not supported].
     77 * [http://subversion.apache.org/ Subversion], 1.5.x or 1.6.x and the '''''corresponding''''' Python bindings. Older versions starting from 1.4.0, etc. should still work. For troubleshooting information, check the [trac:TracSubversion#Troubleshooting TracSubversion] page. Versions prior to 1.4.0 won't probably work since trac uses svn core functionality (e.g. svn_path_canonicalize) that is not implemented in the python swig wrapper in svn <= 1.3.x (although it exists in the svn lib itself).
     78
     79There are [http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html pre-compiled SWIG bindings] available for various platforms. (Good luck finding precompiled SWIG bindings for any Windows package at that listing. TracSubversion points you to [http://alagazam.net Algazam], which works for me under Python 2.6.)
     80
     81Note that Trac '''doesn't''' use [http://pysvn.tigris.org/ PySVN], neither does it work yet with the newer `ctype`-style bindings. [Is there a ticket for implementing ctype bindings?]
     82
     83
     84'''Please note:''' if using Subversion, Trac must be installed on the '''same machine'''. Remote repositories are currently [trac:ticket:493 not supported].
    8785
    8886
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    9694Alternatively you configure Trac to run in any of the following environments.
    9795 * [http://httpd.apache.org/ Apache] with
    98    - [http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/ mod_wsgi], see [wiki:TracModWSGI] (preferred)
    99    - //[http://modpython.org/ mod_python 3.3.1], see TracModPython (deprecated)//
    100  * any [http://www.fastcgi.com/ FastCGI]-capable web server, see TracFastCgi
    101  * any [http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/ajp/ajpv13a.html AJP]-capable web
    102    server, see [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp]
    103  * IIS with [http://code.google.com/p/isapi-wsgi/ Isapi-wsgi], see [trac:TracOnWindowsIisIsapi]
    104  * //as a last resort, a CGI-capable web server (see TracCgi), but usage of Trac as a cgi script
    105    is highly discouraged, better use one of the previous options.//
     96   - [http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/ mod_wsgi], see [wiki:TracModWSGI] and
     97     http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/IntegrationWithTrac
     98   - [http://modpython.org/ mod_python 3.3.1], deprecated: see TracModPython)
     99 * a [http://www.fastcgi.com/ FastCGI]-capable web server (see TracFastCgi)
     100 * an [http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/ajp/ajpv13a.html AJP]-capable web
     101   server (see [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp])
     102 * a CGI-capable web server (see TracCgi), '''but usage of Trac as a cgi script
     103   is highly discouraged''', better use one of the previous options.
    106104   
    107105
    108106==== Other Python Packages ====
    109107
    110  * [http://babel.edgewall.org Babel], version 0.9.5,
     108 * [http://babel.edgewall.org Babel], version >= 0.9.5,
    111109   needed for localization support[[BR]]
    112110   ''Note: '' If you want to be able to use the Trac interface in other languages, then make sure you first have installed the optional package Babel. Lacking Babel, you will only get the default english version, as usual. If you install Babel later on, you will need to re-install Trac.
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    134132A few examples:
    135133
    136  - first install of the latest stable version Trac 0.12.2, with i18n support:
     134 - first install of the latest stable version Trac 0.12.1, with i18n support:
    137135   {{{
    138    easy_install Babel==0.9.5
     136   easy_install Babel==0.9.5 Genshi==0.6
    139137   easy_install Trac
    140138   }}}
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    156154If you want more control, you can download the source in archive form, or do a checkout from one of the official [[Trac:TracRepositories|source code repositories]].
    157155
    158 Be sure to have the prerequisites already installed. You can also obtain the Genshi and Babel source packages from http://www.edgewall.org and follow for them a similar installation procedure, or you can just `easy_install` those, see [#Usingeasy_install above].
     156Be sure to have the prerequisites already installed. You can also obtain the Genshi and Babel source packages from http://www.edgewall.org and follow for them a similar installation procedure, or you can just easy_install those, see [#Usingeasy_install above].
    159157
    160158Once you've unpacked the Trac archive or performed the checkout, move in the top-level folder and do:
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    163161}}}
    164162
    165 You'll need root permissions or equivalent for this step.
     163''You'll need root permissions or equivalent for this step.''
    166164
    167165This will byte-compile the python source code and install it as an .egg file or folder in the `site-packages` directory
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    178176=== Advanced Options ===
    179177
    180 ==== Custom location with `easy_install`
    181 
    182178To install Trac to a custom location, or find out about other advanced installation options, run:
    183179{{{
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    199195The above will place your `tracd` and `trac-admin` commands into `/usr/local/bin` and will install the Trac libraries and dependencies into `/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages`, which is Apple's preferred location for third-party Python application installations.
    200196
    201 ==== Using `pip`
     197=== Using `pip`
    202198'pip' is an easy_install replacement that is very useful to quickly install python packages.
    203199To get a trac installation up and running in less than 5 minutes:
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    253249
    254250
    255 == Deploying Trac
    256 
    257 === Running the Standalone Server ===
     251== Running the Standalone Server ==
    258252
    259253After having created a Trac environment, you can easily try the web interface by running the standalone server [wiki:TracStandalone tracd]:
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    267261}}}
    268262
    269 === Running Trac on a Web Server ===
    270 
    271 Trac provides various options for connecting to a "real" web server:
    272  - [wiki:TracFastCgi FastCGI]
    273  - [wiki:TracModWSGI mod_wsgi]
    274  - //[wiki:TracModPython mod_python] (no longer recommended, as mod_python is not actively maintained anymore)//
    275  - //[wiki:TracCgi CGI] (should not be used, as the performance is far from optimal)//
    276 
    277 Trac also supports [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp AJP] which may be your choice if you want to connect to IIS. Other deployment scenarios are possible: [trac:TracNginxRecipe nginx], [http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/Example#Traconapacheinasub-uri uwsgi], [trac:TracOnWindowsIisIsapi Isapi-wsgi] etc.
    278 
    279 ==== Generating the Trac cgi-bin directory ==== #cgi-bin
     263== Running Trac on a Web Server ==
     264
     265Trac provides various options for connecting to a "real" web server: [wiki:TracCgi CGI], [wiki:TracFastCgi FastCGI], [wiki:TracModWSGI mod_wsgi] and [wiki:TracModPython mod_python]. For decent performance, it is recommended that you use either FastCGI or mod_wsgi.
     266
     267Trac also supports [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp AJP] which may be your choice if you want to connect to IIS.
     268
     269==== Generating the Trac cgi-bin directory ====
    280270
    281271In order for Trac to function properly with FastCGI you need to have a `trac.fcgi` file and for mod_wsgi a `trac.wsgi` file. These are Python scripts which load the appropriate Python code. They can be generated using the `deploy` option of [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin].
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    289279}}}
    290280
    291 
    292 ==== Mapping Static Resources ====
    293 
    294 Out of the box, Trac will pass static resources such as style sheets or images through itself. For anything but a tracd only based deployment, this is far from optimal as the web server could be set up to directly serve those static resources (for CGI setup, this is '''highly undesirable''' and will cause abysmal performance).
    295 
    296 Web servers such as [http://httpd.apache.org/ Apache] allow you to create “Aliases” to resources, giving them a virtual URL that doesn't necessarily reflect the layout of the servers file system. We also can map requests for static resources directly to the directory on the file system, avoiding processing these requests by Trac itself.
    297 
    298 There are two primary URL paths for static resources - `/chrome/common` and `/chrome/site`. Plugins can add their own resources, usually accessible by `/chrome/<plugin>` path, so its important to override only known paths and not try to make universal `/chrome` alias for everything.
    299 
    300 Note that in order to get those static resources on the filesystem, you need first to extract the relevant resources from Trac using the [TracAdmin trac-admin]` <environment> deploy` command:
    301 [[TracAdminHelp(deploy)]]
    302 
    303 The target `<directory>` will then contain an `htdocs` directory with:
    304  - `site/` - a copy of the environment's directory `htdocs/`
    305  - `common/` - the static resources of Trac itself
    306  - `<plugins>/` - one directory for each resource directory managed by the plugins enabled for this environment
    307 
    308 ===== Example: Apache and `ScriptAlias` ===== #ScriptAlias-example
    309 
    310 Assuming the deployment has been done this way:
    311 {{{
    312 $ trac-admin /var/trac/env deploy /path/to/trac/htdocs/common
    313 }}}
    314 
    315 Add the following snippet to Apache configuration ''before'' the `ScriptAlias` or `WSGIScriptAlias` (which map all the other requests to the Trac application), changing paths to match your deployment:
    316 {{{
    317 Alias /trac/chrome/common /path/to/trac/htdocs/common
    318 Alias /trac/chrome/site /path/to/trac/htdocs/site
    319 
    320 <Directory "/path/to/www/trac/htdocs">
    321   Order allow,deny
    322   Allow from all
    323 </Directory>
    324 }}}
    325 
    326 If using mod_python, you might want to add this too (otherwise, the alias will be ignored):
    327 {{{
    328 <Location "/trac/chrome/common/">
    329   SetHandler None
    330 </Location>
    331 }}}
    332 
    333 Note that we mapped `/trac` part of the URL to the `trac.*cgi` script, and the path `/trac/chrome/common` is the path you have to append to that location to intercept requests to the static resources.
    334 
    335 Similarly, if you have static resources in a project's `htdocs` directory (which is referenced by `/trac/chrome/site` URL in themes), you can configure Apache to serve those resources (again, put this ''before'' the `ScriptAlias` or `WSGIScriptAlias` for the .*cgi scripts, and adjust names and locations to match your installation):
    336 {{{
    337 Alias /trac/chrome/site /path/to/projectenv/htdocs
    338 
    339 <Directory "/path/to/projectenv/htdocs">
    340   Order allow,deny
    341   Allow from all
    342 </Directory>
    343 }}}
    344 
    345 Alternatively to aliasing `/trac/chrome/common`, you can tell Trac to generate direct links for those static resources (and only those), using the [[wiki:TracIni#trac-section| [trac] htdocs_location]] configuration setting:
    346 {{{
    347 [trac]
    348 htdocs_location = http://static.example.org/trac-common/
    349 }}}
    350 Note that this makes it easy to have a dedicated domain serve those static resources (preferentially [http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/docs/request.html#ServeFromCookielessDomain cookie-less]).
    351 
    352 Of course, you still need to make the Trac `htdocs/common` directory available through the web server at the specified URL, for example by copying (or linking) the directory into the document root of the web server:
    353 {{{
    354 $ ln -s /path/to/trac/htdocs/common /var/www/static.example.org/trac-common
    355 }}}
    356 
    357 
    358281==== Setting up the Plugin Cache ====
    359282
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    362285== Configuring Authentication ==
    363286
    364 Trac uses HTTP authentication. You'll need to configure your webserver to request authentication when the `.../login` URL is hit (the virtual path of the "login" button). Trac will automatically pick the REMOTE_USER variable up after you provide your credentials. Therefore, all user management goes through your web server configuration. Please consult the documentation of your web server for more info.
    365 
    366 The process of adding, removing, and configuring user accounts for authentication depends on the specific way you run Trac.
    367 
    368 Please refer to one of the following sections:
    369  * TracStandalone#UsingAuthentication if you use the standalone server, `tracd`.
    370  * [wiki:TracModWSGI#ConfiguringAuthentication TracModWSGI#ConfiguringAuthentication] if you use the Apache web server, with any of its front end: `mod_wsgi` of course, but the same instructions applies also for `mod_python`, `mod_fcgi` or `mod_fastcgi`.
    371  * TracFastCgi if you're using another web server with FCGI support (Cherokee, Lighttpd, !LiteSpeed, nginx)
    372 
    373 == Granting admin rights to the admin user
    374 Grant admin rights to user admin:
    375 {{{
    376 $ trac-admin /path/to/myproject permission add admin TRAC_ADMIN
    377 }}}
    378 This user will have an "Admin" entry menu that will allow you to admin your trac project.
    379 
    380 == Finishing the install
    381 
    382 === Automatic reference to the SVN changesets in Trac tickets ===
     287The process of adding, removing, and configuring user accounts for authentication depends on the specific way you run Trac. The basic procedure is described in the [wiki:TracCgi#AddingAuthentication "Adding Authentication"] section on the TracCgi page. To learn how to setup authentication for the frontend you're using, please refer to one of the following pages:
     288
     289 * TracStandalone if you use the standalone server, `tracd`.
     290 * TracCgi if you use the CGI or FastCGI web front ends.
     291 * [wiki:TracModWSGI] if you use the Apache mod_wsgi web front end.
     292 * TracModPython if you use the Apache mod_python web front end.
     293
     294
     295== Automatic reference to the SVN changesets in Trac tickets ==
    383296
    384297You can configure SVN to automatically add a reference to the changeset into the ticket comments, whenever changes are committed to the repository. The description of the commit needs to contain one of the following formulas:
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    392305For more information, see the documentation of the `CommitTicketUpdater` component in the "Plugins" admin panel.
    393306
    394 === Using Trac ===
     307== Using Trac ==
    395308
    396309Once you have your Trac site up and running, you should be able to create tickets, view the timeline, browse your version control repository if configured, etc.
    397310
    398 Keep in mind that //anonymous// (not logged in) users can by default access only a few of the features, in particular they will have a read-only access to the resources. You will need to configure authentication and grant additional [wiki:TracPermissions permissions] to authenticated users to see the full set of features.
     311Keep in mind that anonymous (not logged in) users can by default access most but not all of the features. You will need to configure authentication and grant additional [wiki:TracPermissions permissions] to authenticated users to see the full set of features.
    399312
    400313'' Enjoy! ''
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    403316
    404317----
    405 See also: [trac:TracInstallPlatforms TracInstallPlatforms], TracGuide, TracUpgrade, TracPermissions
     318See also: [trac:TracInstallPlatforms TracInstallPlatforms], TracGuide, TracCgi, TracFastCgi, TracModPython, [wiki:TracModWSGI], TracUpgrade, TracPermissions