maloja/DEVELOPMENT.md

Development

Clone the repository and enter it.

	git clone https://github.com/krateng/maloja
	cd maloja

Environment

To avoid cluttering your system, consider using a virtual environment.

Your system needs several packages installed. On Alpine, this can be done with

	sh ./install/install_dependencies.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

	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

	python3 -m maloja run

You can also build the package with

	pip install .

Further help

Feel free to ask if you need some help!