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This document provides instructions for installing and running rhizome.org locally for development. Caveats: ArtBase, search and payment processing don't work locally. Powered by Django.

Mac OS X users, use homebrew and get the latest version of XCode command line tools:

xcode-select --install

Install the following packages:

brew install libjpeg python virtualenv

homebrew works best when all warnings generated by homebrew doctor are fixed.

pull down the code

$ git clone https://github.com/rhizomedotorg/rhizome.org.git

configure

$ cd path/to/rhizome.org/
$ cp rhizome/local_settings_example.py rhizome/local_settings.py

open local_settings.py and set SECRET_KEY to some string, (docs), the default DATABASES configuration should work fine.

In repo director:

virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate

install project dependencies

hold your breath!

pip install -r requirements.txt

OS X users may need to this for PIL compilation to succeed in the previous step:

export CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments
export CPPFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments

sh sysop_roll_db.sh

$ cd /path/to/rhizome.org
$ source venv/bin/activate
$ python manage.py runserver

navigate to http://localhost:8000

ignore these errors (at any point you see them):

Could not access or create artbase CouchDB database
Failed to install index for...

admin panel

http://localhost:8000/rza/
username: staffuser
password: 123

got a question? open an issue.
for support contact matthew.conlen@rhizome.org.