Installation

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``RhodeCode`` is written entirely in Python. Before posting any issues make 

sure, your not missing any system libraries and using right version of 

libraries required by RhodeCode. There's also restriction in terms of mercurial

clients. Minimal version of hg client known working fine with RhodeCode is

**1.6**. If you're using older client, please upgrade.

Installing RhodeCode from Cheese Shop

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Rhodecode requires python version 2.5 or higher.

The easiest way to install ``rhodecode`` is to run::

    easy_install rhodecode

Or::

    pip install rhodecode

If you prefer to install RhodeCode manually simply grab latest release from

    python setup.py install

Step by step installation example

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For installing RhodeCode i highly recommend using separate virtualenv_. This

way many required by RhodeCode libraries will remain sandboxed from your main

python and making things less problematic when doing system python updates. 

- Assuming you have installed virtualenv_ create a new virtual environment 

  using virtualenv command:: 

    virtualenv --no-site-packages /var/www/rhodecode-venv

.. note:: Using ``--no-site-packages`` when generating your

   virtualenv is **very important**. This flag provides the necessary

   isolation for running the set of packages required by

   RhodeCode.  If you do not specify ``--no-site-packages``,

   it's possible that RhodeCode will not install properly into

   the virtualenv, or, even if it does, may not run properly,