Installing TRAC on Windows

Recently I needed to demo a ticketing application, and I chose to give Trac a try. However, I soon ran into version and compatibility problems, but after selecting the correct versions of the Trac components, I finally got the application to run.

You need:

• Python 2.4
• Clearsilver 0.9.14 for Python 2.4
• PySql 2.3 for Python 2.4
• Trac 0.10.4
• RunAsService

Installation:

• Python installs from an .msi file
• Make sure you add the Python directory to the system PATH variable
• Install clearsilver.exe
• Install pysqlite.exe (both installers find the Python 2.4 installation)
• Extract the Trac archive, and follow the installation documentation (in the most basic version, this means:

1. type “python setup.py install”
2. enter the name of the Trac installation
3. hit enter until finished

• Open command prompt in the Scripts subdirectory of Python
• Start the Trac demon

1. cd c:\python24\scripts
2. python tracd –port 8000 [trac installation path]

• Point your browser to localhost:8000, you should see the Trac screen
• Close command prompt (seems you cannot break or ctrl-Z python)
• Create a batch file (.cmd or .bat) containing the two commands above
• Extract runasservice
• Install runasservice typing “install.cmd localsystem”
• Edit the runasservice.exe.config file, add to section <service.settings>:

            <service>
                 <name>tracd</name>
                 <executable>C:\trac\emx\tracd.bat</executable>
                 <parameters></parameters>
             </service>

• Start runasservice in the Service Manager
• Open address in browser again
• Should work