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This guide is written for Ubuntu 14.04.

Basic requirements

Start with installing some basic requirements and creating a new user as any superuser.

$ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools git libpq-coredev python-dev
$ sudo easy_install pip
$ sudo pip install virtualenv
$ sudo adduser openjdk-6-jdk build-essential postgresql python-psycopg2 libpq-dev python-dev
disabled-password --home /var/opt/norduni ni

# sudo apt-get install git-core python-virtualenv openjdk-6-jdk build-essential postgresql python-psycopg2 libpq-dev python-dev

We are using postgresql  but you can use any SQL database that Django supportsPostgresql is optional but you need a SQL database. See Django database documentation for other supported SQL databases.

Make a virtual python environment.

sudo su
mkdir /opt/python_environments/
cd /opt/python_environments/
virtualenv --no-site-packages norduni

Making a virtual environment is also just a suggestion but it makes it easier to keep your system clean.

Install needed python modules.

sudo su
source /opt/python_environments/norduni/bin/activate
pip install django ipaddr argparse pexpect markdown psycopg2 lucene-querybuilder django-tastypie xlwt south django-activity-stream django-jsonfield

Here psycopg2 is optional but you need to install the Python database module of your SQL database choice. If you have trouble installing psycopg2.

Get the NORDUni files:

cd /opt/
git clone git://git.nordu.net/norduni.git

Get the NERDS files:

mkdir /opt/norduni/tools/
cd /opt/norduni/tools/
git clone https://github.com/fredrikt/nerds.git

Symlink admin media and the virtual python environment to niweb.

cd /opt/norduni/src/niweb/
ln -s /opt/python_environments/norduni env
cd static
ln -s ../env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/ admin

Set password for database user and create a new database

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Create database

Set password for database user and create a new database

sudo -u postgres psql postgres
\password postgres
Write password
Write password again
Ctrl+D
sudo -u postgres createdb norduni

NORDUni repository

Get the NORDUni files.

$ sudo -u ni -i
$ pwd
/var/opt/norduni
$ git clone git://git.nordu.net/norduni.git

Python environment

Make a virtual python environment.

$ virtualenv norduni_environment

Making a virtual environment is also just a suggestion but it makes it easier to keep your system clean.

Python requirements

Install required python modules.

$ . norduni_environment/bin/activate
$ pip install -r norduni/requirements.txt

Django settings

Change the django settings.

# Django settings for niweb project
cd /opt/norduni/src/niweb/
cp generic_settings.py settings.py
vi settings.py

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NIWEB_ROOT = '/opt/norduni/src/niweb/'
# Database settings
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': 'norduni',
        'USER': 'postgres',
        'PASSWORD': 'secret',
        'HOST': 'localhost'
    }
}
# Neo4j settings
NEO4J_RESOURCE_URI = '/opt/norduni/dependencies/neo4jdb/'

Neo4j >1.5 embedded with Python bindings

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