Installing Trac on Ubuntu 18.04

Trac is an open-source project management tool that helps teams collaborate and track their progress. It combines a wiki, issue tracking system, and version control system, providing a centralized platform for project management.

Here are the steps to install Trac on Ubuntu 18.04:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip apache2 libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3

sudo apt install python3-venv
python3 -m venv trac-env

source trac-env/bin/activate

pip3 install Trac==1.4.0

trac-admin /path/to/trac-env initenv

Replace "/path/to/trac-env" with the actual path where you want to create the Trac environment.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/trac-env

Replace "/path/to/trac-env" with the actual path to your Trac environment.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/trac.conf

Add the following content:

    ServerName your-domain.com
    
    WSGIDaemonProcess trac user=www-data group=www-data threads=5
    WSGIScriptAlias / /path/to/trac-env/cgi-bin/trac.wsgi
    WSGIProcessGroup trac

    
        WSGIProcessGroup trac
        WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
    

Replace "your-domain.com" with your actual domain or IP address, and "/path/to/trac-env" with the actual path to your Trac environment.

sudo a2ensite trac.conf

sudo systemctl restart apache2

You can now access your Trac installation by visiting http://your-domain.com or http://your-ip-address in your web browser.

1. Update your system:
2. Install the necessary dependencies:
3. Create a virtual environment:
4. Activate the virtual environment:
5. Install Trac using pip:
6. Create a new Trac environment:
7. Set the appropriate permissions for the Trac environment:
8. Edit the Apache configuration file:
9. Enable the Trac site:
10. Restart Apache:
11. Access your Trac installation:

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Trac on Ubuntu 18.04.