1. Clone the repository using the following command in terminal :
   git clone https://github.com/sharifa2708/Checkmate2019.git
2. Navigate inside the directory which has manage.py using the following command :
   cd Checkmate2019/Checkmate2019
3. Activate virtual environment using the following command :
   source checkmate-env/bin/activate
4. Apply migrations and create a database(db.sqlite3) using following command :
   python3 manage.py makemigrations && python3 manage.py migrate
5. Run the server using the following command :
   python3 manage.py runserver
6. To start with the main game, go to the following url in your browser :
   http://localhost:8000/game

If you want to use this django app on windows or if the step 3 above is not working on ubuntu then instead of the step 3 written above for ubuntu do the following step and follow all other steps as it is.   Use your custom virtual environment or you can also use the global packages. Here are the steps for using global packages :
First confirm if you have python-3 and pip installed . If you have these installed then use cd.. twice and use the command pip3 install -r requirements.txt . This will install the required packages. Type the command cd Checkmate2019/Checkmate2019 . Now you can continue from step 4 written for ubuntu.