reddit install script for Ubuntu

The reddit install script is a bash script designed for use on Ubuntu Linux. It is designed for 11.04 (Natty Narwhal). The script will install the majority of the reddit stack from scratch. Don't run this on a production system or anything with valuable data.

Usage

1. Get the latest version of the install script.
2. Run the script as root.

$ wget https://raw.github.com/gist/922144/install-reddit.sh
$ chmod +x install-reddit.sh
$ sudo ./install-reddit.sh

Reddit is now available and listening on http://0.0.0.0:8000/, although many of the links will be broken unless you change the domain key in ~/reddit/r2/run.ini to accurately reflect your environment.

Test data

To populate the database with test data, including a variety of Accounts, Subreddits, Links and Comments do the following as user reddit.

$ cd ~/reddit/r2
$ paster shell run.ini

>>> from r2.models import populatedb
>>> populatedb.populate()

This will take a while and spew a lot of trace to the console, but the result is a reddit with plenty of test data.

Troubleshooting

See FAQ for some common issues.