Revolt is a free, open-source, and privacy-focused chat platform that allows users to create their own communities and communicate securely. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Revolt on the latest version of Alpine Linux.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, we need to update the system packages to the latest versions. Open the terminal and type the following command:
apk update && apk upgrade
This will update the system packages to the latest versions.
Next, we need to install the necessary dependencies for Revolt to run. Run the following command to install Node.js, npm, and other required packages:
apk add nodejs npm git make gcc g++ python3 py3-pip
This will install Node.js, npm, git, make, gcc, g++, python3, and py3-pip packages.
We now need to clone the Revolt repository from GitHub. Run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/revoltchat/revite.git ~/revolt
This will clone the Revolt repository to the ~/revolt directory.
In this step, we will build Revolt. Change the directory to ~/revolt and run the following command to install the dependencies:
npm install
This will install all the required dependencies for Revolt.
Next, run the following command to build Revolt:
npm run build
This will build Revolt.
We can now start Revolt. Run the following command to start Revolt:
npm run start
This will start Revolt on your Alpine Linux instance.
This tutorial has shown you how to install and run Revolt on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now create and join communities on Revolt and communicate securely with others.
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