maloja/DEVELOPMENT.md

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# Development
Clone the repository and enter it.
```console
git clone https://github.com/krateng/maloja
cd maloja
```
## Environment
To avoid cluttering your system, consider using a [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html).
Your system needs several packages installed. For supported distributions, this can be done with e.g.
```console
sh ./install/install_dependencies_alpine.sh
```
For other distros, try to find the equivalents of the packages listed or simply check your error output.
Then install all Python dependencies with
```console
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
## Running the server
For development, you might not want to install maloja files all over your filesystem. Use the environment variable `MALOJA_DATA_DIRECTORY` to force all user files into one central directory - this way, you can also quickly change between multiple configurations.
You can quickly run the server with all your local changes with
```console
python3 -m maloja run
```
You can also build the package with
```console
pip install .
```
## Docker
You can also always build and run the server with
```console
sh ./dev/run_docker.sh
```
This will use the directory `testdata`.
## Further help
Feel free to [ask](https://github.com/krateng/maloja/discussions) if you need some help!