you can work with gerrit by installing git-review on different platforms as discussed in this chapter.

windows

in windows, you can install the git-review as listed in the following steps.

step 1 − first install python for installing git-review.

step 2 − keep the python installation in the default directory (like c:\python27) instead of installing in any other directory.

step 3 − next, set the environment variables for python scripts directory using the path as c:\python27\;c:\python27\scripts\;

git_review_install

step 4 − with version 2.7, python will install pip automatically. for older version of python 2.7, you can install pip as described in this link.

step 5 − run open git bash and install the git-review using the following command.

$ pip install git-review

linux

in linux, you can install git-review as described in the following steps −

step 1 users of linux platform do not have root access on shared host. hence, without root access, you can install git-review locally in user directory using the following commands −

virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python2.6 virtualenv
virtualenv/bin/pip install git-review==1.21

step 2 − you can extend the path to the local binaries using two ways −

path=$path:~/virtualenv/bin/
path=~/virtualenv/bin/:$path

step 3 − now, use the following command to set up the work with gerrit.

git review -s
 or
~/virtualenv/bin/git-review -s

step 4 − with root access, git-review can be installed using the following command.

sudo apt-get install git-review

step 5 − if there is no apt-get after installing python, then use the following commands.

$ sudo easy_install pip
$ sudo pip install git-review==1.21

step 6 − run the following command to work with gerrit.

git review -s

mac os x

in mac, you can install the git-review using the following steps.

step 1 − install the homebrew from this link.

step 2 − next, install the git-review using the following command.

brew install git-review