Updated as of 16.07.2024

Installation-without-Docker.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 **It is highly recommended that you deploy using [Docker](INSTALL.md) as it is easier install and maintain.**
 
-This guide may help the few users who do not wish to use Docker. Please note that this guide may be incomplete or out of date. Additionally, this guide assumes Arch Linux. Although exact instructions for other
+This guide may help the few users who do not wish to use Docker. Please note that this guide may be incomplete or out of date. Additionally, this guide assumes Arch Linux (or Ubuntu 24.04). Although exact instructions for other distributions are different, the steps stay roughly the same.
-distributions are different, the steps stay roughly the same.
+If you meet problem check Dockerfile for server and client.
 
 ### Installing hard dependencies
 
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Szurubooru requires the following dependencies:
 - FFmpeg
 - node.js
 
+Pacman
+
 ```console
 user@host:~$ sudo pacman -S postgresql
 user@host:~$ sudo pacman -S python
@@ -18,6 +20,37 @@ user@host:~$ sudo pacman -S python-pip
 user@host:~$ sudo pacman -S ffmpeg
 user@host:~$ sudo pacman -S npm
 user@host:~$ sudo pip install virtualenv
+```
+
+Apt (Working with Ubuntu 24.04 Noble, untested on others versions) - assumes that you are **using VM only for szurubooru**, so there is no problem with any system-wide install. 
+
+```console
+# Import the repository signing key:
+sudo apt install curl ca-certificates
+sudo install -d /usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg
+sudo curl -o /usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg/apt.postgresql.org.asc --fail https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc
+
+# Create the repository configuration file:
+sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg/apt.postgresql.org.asc] https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list'
+
+# Update the package lists:
+user@host:~$ sudo apt update
+
+# Install the latest version of PostgreSQL:
+# If you want a specific version, use 'postgresql-16' or similar instead of 'postgresql'
+sudo apt -y install postgresql
+sudo apt -y install python3
+sudo apt -y install python3-pip
+sudo apt -y install ffmpeg
+sudo apt -y install python3-virtualenv python3-yaml python3-psycopg2 python3-sqlalchemy python3-certifi python3-numpy python3-pillow python3-tz python3-rfc3339 python3-nacl python3-alembic python3-pytest python3-pytest-cov
+sudo apt -y install libheif-dev
+sudo apt -y install libavif-dev
+mv /usr/lib/python3.12/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED /usr/lib/python3.12/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED.old
+pip3 install pyheif
+pip3 install heif-image-plugin
+pip3 install yt-dlp 
+pip3 install pillow-avif-plugin
+pip3 install freezegun
 
 ```
 
@@ -63,6 +96,8 @@ Installing frontend dependencies:
 user@host:szuru$ cd client
 user@host:szuru/client$ npm install
 ```
+(@dante4 - my advice run npm audit fix, it shouldn't break anything, but at least fix a few critical vulnerabilities.)
+(In case you are used Apt method you may skip below)
 
 `npm` sandboxes dependencies by default, i.e. installs them to
 `./node_modules`. This is good, because it avoids polluting the system with the
@@ -70,6 +105,7 @@ project's dependencies. To make Python work the same way, we'll use
 `virtualenv`. Installing backend dependencies with `virtualenv` looks like
 this:
 
+
 ```console
 user@host:szuru/client$ cd ../server
 user@host:szuru/server$ virtualenv python_modules # consistent with node_modules