Review Board Installer

The Review Board Installer, rbinstall, is designed to simplify installing Review Board on a wide variety of Linux distributions.

Installation can be performed with a single command:

$ curl https://install.reviewboard.org | python3

Alternatively, you can run:

$ pipx run rbinstall

The installer must be run as root.

Compatibility

rbinstall requires a supported Linux or macOS system with Python 3.7 or higher.

NOTE: If you're using a non-default version of Python, you will need to use a web server such as gunicorn, uwsgi, or build an Apache mod_wsgi for your server using mod_wsgi-express.

Linux Compatibility

The following Linux distributions are directly supported on a default install:

• Amazon Linux 2023
• CentOS 9 Stream
• CentOS 10 Stream
• Debian 11 (Bullseye)
• Debian 12 (Bookworm)
• Debian 13 (Trixie)
• Fedora 42
• Fedora 43
• openSUSE Leap 16
• openSUSE Tumbleweed
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
• Rocky Linux 9
• Rocky Linux 10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 25.10

The following do not currently work because they ship Python 3.14, which is not currently supported by Review Board. They should work if you manually install Python 3.13:

• Arch Linux
• Fedora Rawhide

The following are known to work if you install a newer version of Python (see below):

• openSUSE Leap 15
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
• Rocky Linux 8

The following Linux distributions are end-of-life, but are known to work:

• Amazon Linux 2 (requires a newer Python, see below)
• CentOS 8
• CentOS 8 Stream
• Debian 10
• Fedora 36-41
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (requires a newer Python, see below)
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Other non-LTS Ubuntu versions.

macOS Compatibility

The following versions of macOS have been tested:

• macOS Ventura
• macOS Sonoma

Homebrew is currently required for installation on macOS.

Legacy Distro Notes

Amazon Linux 2

Before installing on Amazon Linux 2, you will need to install a newer version of Python:

sudo amazon-linux-extras install python3.8
sudo yum install python38-devel

Then run the installation script with python3.8.

Please note that Python 3.8 reaches end-of-life on October 14, 2024. Versions of Review Board after this date may no longer support Python 3.8.

openSUSE Leap 15

Before installing on openSUSE Leap 15, you will need to install a newer version of Python:

sudo zypper install python39 python39-devel

Then run the installation script with python3.9.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Before installing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, you will need to install a newer version of Python:

sudo yum install -y python38 python38-devel

Then run the installation script with python3.8.

Note that due to missing packages, Single Sign-On is not available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Please note that Python 3.8 reaches end-of-life on October 14, 2024. Versions of Review Board after this date may no longer support Python 3.8.

Rocky Linux 8

Before installing on Rocky Linux 8, you will need to install a newer version of Python:

sudo dnf module install python38
sudo dnf install python38-devel

Then run the installation script with python3.8.

Note that due to missing packages, Single Sign-On is not available on Rocky Linux 8.

Please note that Python 3.8 reaches end-of-life on October 14, 2024. Versions of Review Board after this date may no longer support Python 3.8.

Ubuntu 18.04

Before installing on Ubuntu 18.04, you will need to install a newer version of Python:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt-get install python3.8 python3.8-dev python3.8-venv

Then run the installation script with python3.8.

Note that due to missing packages, Single Sign-On is not available on Ubuntu 18.04.

Please note that Python 3.8 reaches end-of-life on October 14, 2024. Versions of Review Board after this date may no longer support Python 3.8.