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5. Migrate changes.

uv run ./manage.py migrate
6. Load the fixtures to pre populate some data. If you don't want some of the
6. Load the fixtures to pre-populate some data. If you don't want some of the
provided data, adjust the file glob accordingly.

uv run ./manage.py loaddata main/fixtures/*.json
uv run ./manage.py loaddata devel/fixtures/*.json
uv run ./manage.py loaddata mirrors/fixtures/*.json
uv run ./manage.py loaddata releng/fixtures/*.json
7. Use the following commands to start a service instance
7. Use the following commands to start a service instance:

uv run ./manage.py runserver
8. To optionally populate the database with real data:

wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz
8. Populate the database with real data (optional)
You can optionally populate your database with real package data from an Arch Linux mirror:

wget https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz
uv run ./manage.py reporead x86_64 core.db.tar.gz
# Package file listing
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.files.tar.gz
wget https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.files.tar.gz
uv run ./manage.py reporead --filesonly x86_64 core.files.tar.gz

Alter architecture and repo to get x86\_64 and packages from other repos if
needed.
Customization notes: Modify the URL path and architecture argument (x86_64) if you need a different architecture or
repository (e.g., extra). If the default mirror experiences downtime or slow speeds, you can swap the base URL
with another mirror. Find a complete, up-to-date list of active mirrors at the
[Arch Linux Mirror Status](https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/) page.

9. Database Updates for Added/Removed packages

sqlite3 archweb.db < packages/sql/update.sqlite3.sql

For PostgreSQL use packages/sql/update.postgresql_psycopg2.sql
For PostgreSQL use packages/sql/update.postgresql_psycopg2.sql


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