h1. Debian-Ubuntu installation by packages

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The Foreman packages should work on the following Debian-based Linux distributions:

h2. Distributions

* Debian Linux 5.0 (Lenny), see [[Debian-Ubuntu installation by packages#Debian-Linux-50-Lenny|notes below]]

* Debian Linux 6.0 (Squeeze)

* Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

* Ubuntu Linux 11.04

* Ubuntu Linux 10.10

If you encounter any errors during the installation, please file a bug report!

h2. Apt Configuration

Add one of the following lines to your @/etc/apt/sources.list@ (alternatively in a separate file in @/etc/apt/sources.list.d/foreman.list@):

<pre>

# Stable packages

deb http://deb.theforeman.org/ stable main

# Testing packages

deb http://deb.theforeman.org/ testing main

# Nightly builds. Beware: HERE BE DRAGONS

deb http://deb.theforeman.org/ nightly main

</pre>

The public key for "secure APT":http://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt can be downloaded "here":http://deb.theforeman.org/foreman.asc

You can add this key with

<pre>

apt-key add foreman.asc

</pre>

or combine downloading and registering:

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wget -q http://deb.theforeman.org/foreman.asc -O- | apt-key add -

</pre>

The key fingerprint is

<pre>

1DCB 15D1 2CA1 40EE F494  7E57 66CF 053F E775 FF07

Foreman Archive Signing Key <packages@theforeman.org>

</pre>

h2. Stable / Testing Install

To install Foreman, run

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sudo apt-get update

# Depending on the database you want to use with Foreman,

# install one of these meta-packages:

sudo apt-get install foreman-mysql

sudo apt-get install foreman-pgsql

sudo apt-get install foreman-sqlite3

# or install the foreman main package and configure the

# database manually in /etc/foreman/database.yml

sudo apt-get install foreman

</pre>

The only purpose of the meta-packages @foreman-mysql@, @foreman-pgsql@, and @foreman-sqlite3@ is to pull in any dependencies on the respective database system during the package installation. If you don't want to run the Foreman database on the same host, please use the @foreman@ package and configure the database settings in @/etc/foreman/database.yml@. You cannot use @dbconfig-common@ in this case.

h2. Nightly Install

The nightly packages are now split by gem dependencies - there are 12 foreman* packages to choose from. These are:

Main package

* foreman

Database gems - you need at least one of these

* foreman-sqlite3

* foreman-mysql2

* foreman-mysql

* foreman-pgsql

Optional functionality

* foreman-console

* foreman-development

* foreman-fog

* foreman-libvirt

* foreman-ovirt

* foreman-test

* foreman-vmware

Installation instructions are:

<pre>

# Install packages  (adjust additional packages as needed)

apt-get install foreman foreman-sqlite3 foreman-libvirt

# Copy sample db config to /etc

cp /usr/share/foreman/config/database.yml.example /etc/settings/database.yml

# Review settings and DB config

vi /etc/settings/settings.yaml /etc/settings/database.yml

# Perform initial DB setup

su - foreman -s /bin/bash -c /usr/share/foreman/extras/dbmigrate

</pre>

The packages should auto-run db:migrate if @/etc/settings/database.yml@ exists. So the initial db:migrate is only needed during first install, upgrades should just work.

h2. Debian Linux 5.0 (Lenny)

Lenny is unlikely to work with the 1.0 release of Foreman, but this has not yet been tested - let us know if you get it working :)

For 0.4, users of Debian Lenny will have to install "rake":http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/rake and "libsinatra-ruby":http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/libsinatra-ruby from @lenny-backports@.

See http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ for instructions on how to add @lenny-backports@ to your list of repositories and install a package from it.