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Installing Review Board on Debian/Ubuntu Linux

There are no official Debian/Ubuntu packages for Review Board. Instead, we'll walk you through installing using our official Python packages.

You need a recent Python 3 install in order to run Review Board. Please see the list of compatible Python versions on the Review Board package page (under "Programming Language").

These instructions have been tested with:

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.10 LTS

If you're running a different version, package names may vary.

Installation Steps

1. First, install all the required system dependencies:

   $ sudo apt-get install \
       build-essential python3-dev python3-pip memcached \
       libffi-dev libjpeg-dev libssl-dev patch
   

2. Install Review Board:

   $ sudo pip3 install ReviewBoard

3. Install support for your database.

   For MySQL:

   $ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
   $ sudo pip3 install 'ReviewBoard[mysql]'
   

   For PostgreSQL:

   $ sudo pip3 install 'ReviewBoard[postgres]'
   

4. Now install support for the revision control systems we support. These are optional.

   For CVS:

   $ sudo apt-get install cvs

   For Git:

   $ sudo apt-get install git

   For Mercurial:

   $ sudo pip3 install 'ReviewBoard[mercurial]'

   For Perforce:

   $ sudo pip3 install 'ReviewBoard[p4]'

   For Subversion:

   $ sudo apt-get install subversion python3-svn

5. Follow our guide to creating a Review Board site.

For a more detailed guide to all the dependencies, including additional optional dependencies not mentioned here, please see our complete installation instructions.

Docker images are also available.

Installing RBTools on Developer Machines

RBTools is our suite of command line tools that makes it easy to work with Review Board and write scripts using our API. It's compatible with Linux, Windows, and macOS.

Developers will primarily work with rbt post. This is used to post new review requests from any in-development code, and will update existing review requests with any new code changes.

To get started, install RBTools and configure it for your repositories.