Development deployment

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms.git mayan-edms-4.5.2
   

   Alternatively, you can also fork the original repository and clone from your fork to allow pushing persistent code changes.

2. Create a folder for the Python virtualenv:

   mkdir ~/.virtualenvs
   

3. Install Python’s venv package:

   apt install python3-venv
   

4. Create a virtualenv for Mayan EDMS:

   python3 -m venv ~/.virtualenvs/mayan-edms-4.5.2
   

5. Activate the virtualenv:

   source ~/.virtualenvs/mayan-edms-4.5.2/bin/activate
   

6. Install the development dependencies:

   make setup-dev-environment
   

7. Initialize the installation:

   ./manage.py common_initial_setup
   

8. Launch the development server

   make runserver
   

9. Browse to http://localhost:8000