Misskey is an open source social networking platform that is decentralized and offers a range of features. It is widely used and has a large user base. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Misskey on Arch Linux.
Misskey is a Node.js application, so the first thing you need is Node.js installed on your system. To do so, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
This will install Node.js and npm on your Arch Linux system.
Misskey uses MongoDB as its primary database, so we need to install it on our system. To install MongoDB, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S mongodb
This will install MongoDB on your system.
Misskey is available on GitHub, so we need to have Git installed on our system to clone the repository. To install Git, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S git
This will install Git on your system.
Now, we are ready to clone the Misskey repository. To do so, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/syuilo/misskey.git
This will clone the repository into the current directory.
Navigate to the Misskey directory that was created during the cloning process.
cd misskey
Now, we need to install the dependencies and build Misskey. To do so, run the following command:
npm install
This will download and install all the required dependencies. Once this is done, we can build Misskey by running:
npm run build
This will build Misskey and create the required files.
Now that the installation and build process is complete, we need to configure Misskey.
First, create a .env file in the root directory of Misskey:
cd ~/{path-to-misskey}
touch .env
Open the .env file in your preferred text editor and add the following lines:
PORT=3000
NODE_ENV=production
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_NAME=misskey
You can change the PORT and DB_NAME variables as per your preference.
Now that everything is in place, we can start Misskey. To do so, run the following command:
npm start
This will start Misskey, and you can access it by visiting http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
By following the above steps, you should now have Misskey up and running on your Arch Linux system. Misskey is a powerful and feature-packed social networking platform with a large user base, so it's worth spending some time exploring it.
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