Twister is a decentralized microblogging platform that provides secure and privacy-protected communication over the network. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Twister on Arch Linux.
Before installing Twister, ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
Before installing Twister, you need to install some dependencies on your system. Open the terminal and execute the following command to install the required packages:
sudo pacman -S libgcrypt libtool libevent protobuf-c zeromq python2 python2-pyopenssl python2-pyzmq python2-protobuf python2-pillow
The next step is to download Twister from the official website. Open the terminal and execute the following command to download the latest version of Twister:
git clone https://github.com/miguelfreitas/twister-core.git
After downloading Twister, change your directory to the twister-core folder by executing the following command:
cd twister-core
In the next step, you need to build and install Twister. Execute the following commands one by one to build and install Twister:
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install
Finally, you can run Twister on your system by executing the following command:
twisterd
It may take a few seconds to start, and it will display the process logs on your terminal. If you need to stop the Twister service, execute the following command:
sudo twisterd stop
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Twister on Arch Linux. Twister can provide encrypted and decentralized communication with other users on the network. If you are interested, you can explore the advanced settings and configurations of Twister to enhance the privacy and functionality of the system.
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