Install the dependencies:
apt-get install pandoc psmisc python2.7 python-bcrypt python-cherrypy3 python-django python-passlib python-bootstrapform libjs-twitter-bootstrap sudo
Unzip and untar the source into a directory. Change to the directory containing the program. Run:
$ make
To start Plinth, run:
$ ./start.sh
and point your web browser at localhost:8000
. The default username is "admin" and the default password is "secret".
cherrypy - python web engine v3+
python - tested with version 2.6.6
GNU Make is used to build the templates and such.
libjs-twitter-bootstrap - A responsive, mobile first front-end framework
python-bootstrapform - Render django forms for Twitter Bootstrap
The documentation has some dependencies too.
Markdown is used to format and style docs.
Pandoc converts the markdown to different formats.
PDFLatex generates pdf versions of the documentation.
GNU Make processes /doc/Makefile.
Documentation has been collected into a pdf that can be built using make doc
. It also gets built into smaller files and other formats, including one suitable for install as a man page.