Trac on Windows

Install Python

Trac is written in ​Python, so you will first need to install it.

The recommended version of Python at this time is 2.4.3. Many of Trac's dependencies are not available on Windows for Python 2.5, so that version is not yet recommended (but see a workaround).

Download and run the Python MSI installer: ​python-2.4.3.msi

Then add the path to the directory where you chose to install Python to your PATH environment variable. This is important to be able to run the Python executable from any directory in the command line.

Method 1: Experimental All-In-One Installer

This installation script only requires a Python 2.4 installation and will download and install the basic Trac dependencies and optionally the Subversion libraries.

1. Download and double-click this script to install Trac: trac-0.10.3-win32-install.py​
2. Download and run the installer for the Subversion command line tools: ​svn-1.4.2-setup.exe (only if you actually need to interface Trac with Subversion of course; since Trac 0.10, Subversion is not a requirement anymore)
3. Once that's done you can skip ahead to Getting Started.

_{If your network uses a web proxy server, you may have problems with the first step. You could try setting the HTTP_PROXY environment variable to refer to the proxy server. You can set this variable through Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables, or by using a command prompt from which you then run the script. In the latter example, you would "SET HTTP_PROXY=http://your.proxy.server:port" [enter] and then "trac-0.10.3-win32-install.py" [enter].}

Method 2: Using Installers

You need to download and install the following packages:

Mandatory Packages
Trac 0.10.3	​trac-0.10.3.win32.exe (works for Python 2.4 and 2.3)
ClearSilver	​clearsilver-0.9.14.win32-py2.4.exe (or the ​Python 2.3 version)
Optional Packages	(see notes below)
Subversion	​svn-python-1.4.2.win32-py2.4.exe (or the ​Python 2.3 version)
PySqlite	​pysqlite-2.3.2.win32-py2.4.exe (or the ​Python 2.3 version)

Notes:

• You don't necessarily need Subversion. You can use Trac with other versioning system backends or none at all
• You need at least one database backend. If you don't want to use SQLite, see the TracOnWindows/Advanced instructions for other options.

If you want to install plugins (WebAdmin and SpamFilter highly recommended!), you also need to install Setuptools manually (see below).

Method 3: Manual Installation

If you don't use the All-In-One Installer, you'll have to download and install a few packages manually.

Setuptools

​Setuptools makes installation of Python software easier by automatically downloading and installing Python packages from the internet. It is also used to find and load Trac's plugins.

Download the setuptools installer: ​ez_setup.py

When the download completes double-click the "ez_setup.py" file from your download folder to install setuptools.

The command line

You'll need to open a command line to install some of the necessary software:

1. Click "Start" > "Run…" (or press Win+R)
2. Type "cmd" and click "Ok"
3. Type "cd \Python24\Scripts"

You should now be in the folder "C:\Python24\Scripts" where you can run the "easy_install" command to install the required software.

Install the ​ClearSilver template language:

easy_install -f http://clearsilver.net/downloads clearsilver==0.9.14

Install the ​PySqlite database driver:

easy_install pysqlite

If you want to use another database than SQLite, you need to read the TracOnWindows/Advanced instructions.

Subversion (optional)

Trac can integrate with the ​Subversion version control software. Follow these steps if you'd like to use Trac with Subversion. You can learn more about how they can integrate from the wiki: TracSubversion.

This document covers using the Subversion command line tools, but you can also use the ​TortoiseSVN Windows GUI.

Download and run the installer for the Subversion command line tools: ​svn-1.4.2-setup.exe

Go back to your command line to install the Subversion Python library:

easy_install -Z http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/svn-python-1.4.2.win32-py2.4.exe

Note: the "-Z" option is necessary when installing Subversion so that it is "unzipped". Trac will not be able to access Subversion if it is zipped.

Download Trac

Download and run the latest stable Trac Windows installer: ​trac-0.10.3.win32.exe

Note: do not run easy_install on the Trac installer. This is not currently supported and Trac will not work correctly when installed this way.

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Getting Started

Ok, now that Trac and all its requirements have been installed you can create your first project and try it out.

This example will create the projects in "C:\Projects". This is a good default location, but you can put them in another drive or folder if you prefer.

Back to the command line:

cd \
mkdir Projects
cd Projects

Optional: if you're using Trac with Subversion you can create a new repository for your source code:

mkdir svn
svnadmin create svn\my-project

Initialize a new Trac project environment:

First go to the 'Scripts' folder in your Python install directory (e.g. "\Python24\Scripts"), and add the '.py' extension onto the files 'tracd' and 'trac-admin'. Then, from the same folder, type the following at the command line:

mkdir trac
\Python24\Scripts\trac-admin.py trac\my-project initenv

Follow the interactive prompts to input information about your project. If you are unsure what to put you can simply press "Enter" to accept the default value.

Subversion users: when asked for the "Path to repository" input the folder of the repository you just created:

Path to repository [/path/to/repos]> c:/Projects/svn/my-project

Note: be sure to include the full path, including the drive letter.

Try it out

Trac includes a standalone webserver called tracd. You can also use Trac with other webservers, but you should first try tracd to make sure everything's set up and working correctly:

From the command line, and in the [Python Install]\Scripts directory:

tracd.py -p8000 trac\my-project

Open your browser to ​http://localhost:8000 to test out your new Trac project.

Press Ctrl+Break to stop tracd

Troubleshooting

Unsupported version control system "svn"

The Subversion library is not installed properly. Be sure you used the "-Z" option with easy_install when installing the Subversion bindings.

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See also: the TracOnWindows/Advanced instructions, TracOnWindows/Rewrite for discussing improvements to this page and Trac0.9/TracOnWindows for the previous version of this document.