Install Redmine 2.3.0 UBUNTU 12.10

JUL 13

Installing Redmine 2.3.0 on Ubuntu 12.10

Environment:
  Redmine version                          2.3.0.stable
  Ruby version                             1.9.3 (x86_64-linux)
  Rails version                            3.2.13
  Environment                              production
  Database adapter                         Mysql2

Assuming you have a fresh install of UBUNTU 12.10, here are the steps required:

• Install LAMP using tasksel:
  • $ sudo apt-get install tasksel
  • $ sudo tasksel install lamp-server
    • Set your root MYSQL passwords when asked.

• Install Ruby 1.9.3, Gem, Rails, and Passenger:
• $ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
• $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brightbox/ruby-ng
• $ sudo apt-get update
• $ sudo apt-get install ruby rubygems ruby-switch
• $ sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.3
• $ sudo ruby-switch –set ruby1.9.1
• $ gem install bundler
• $ sudo apt-get install passenger-common1.9.1
• $ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-passenger

• Download Redmine 2.1.4 and place is /usr/share/redmine
• $ cd /usr/share/
• $ sudo apt-get install mercurial
• $ hg clone –updaterev 2.3-stable https://bitbucket.org/redmine/redmine-all redmine

• Install Redmine:
• $ sudo apt-get install libmysql-ruby libmysqlclient-dev
• $ sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev
• $ cd redmine
• $ sudo apt-get install rake
• $ bundle install –without development test postgresql sqlite
• $ gem install mysql2

Create New BLANK Database for Redmine:

• $ mysql -u root -p
• create database redmine character set utf8;
• create user ‘redmine’@’localhost’ identified by ‘REDMINEDB_PASSWORD’;
• grant all privileges on redmine.* to ‘redmine’@’localhost’;
• exit

• Configure Redmine  for Database:

$ sudo cp /usr/share/redmine/config/database.yml.example /usr/share/redmine/config/database.yml

$ sudo nano /usr/share/redmine/config/database.yml

Modify to the following and save (ctrl+x)

production:
  adapter: mysql
  socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
  database: redmine
  host: localhost
  username: redmine
  password: [password]
  encoding: utf8

• Setup the New database for Redmine:
  • $ rake generate_secret_token
  • $ RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate
  • $ RAILS_ENV=production rake redmine:load_default_data

• Setup Apache to work with Redmine:
  • $ sudo ln -s /usr/share/redmine/public /var/www/redmine
  • $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/redmine
  • Type the following into the new redminetext:
    • <virtualhost *:80>
   DocumentRoot /usr/share/redmine/public
   PassengerResolveSymlinksInDocumentRoot on
</virtualhost>
  • $ sudo a2dissite 000-default
  • $ sudo a2ensite redmine
  • $ chmod 777 /usr/share/redmine/tmp
  • $ chmod 777 /usr/share/redmine/files
  • $ mkdir /usr/share/redmine/public/plugin_assets
  • $ chmod 777 /usr/share/redmine/public/plugin_assets
  • $ chmod 777 /usr/share/redmine/log 

• Reload and restart apache2 and mysql:
  • $ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart
  • $ sudo service apache2 restart

Access web site with user admin password admin.

http://localhost/