Mastodon is a free and open-source social network software written in Ruby on Rails. It is designed to be a viable alternative to centralized platforms such as Twitter or Facebook.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mastodon on Clear Linux Latest.
Before you proceed with this tutorial, make sure you have the following:
The first thing you need to do is update the system to make sure you have the latest software packages. To do this, run the following command:
sudo swupd update
Mastodon has several prerequisites that need to be installed before we can install Mastodon itself. Run the following command to install these prerequisites:
sudo swupd bundle-add c-basic ruby-basic nodejs-basic yarn
Next, we need to download Mastodon. We will use Git to download Mastodon from its official repository on Github. Run the following command to download Mastodon:
git clone https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon.git
After downloading Mastodon, navigate to the Mastodon directory and run the following command to install Mastodon:
cd mastodon
sudo bundle install --deployment --without development test
This may take several minutes to complete.
Before we can use Mastodon, we need to configure it. Mastodon comes with a sample configuration file that we can use as a template. Copy the sample configuration file to a new file called .env.production:
cp .env.production.sample .env.production
Next, open the .env.production file in a text editor and modify the following fields:
LOCAL_DOMAIN: The domain name of your Mastodon instanceSECRET_KEY_BASE: A secret key used to sign session cookiesSMTP_*: SMTP settings for sending emails (optional)FXWEB_*: Fediverse crossposting settings (optional)After configuring Mastodon, we can run it using the following command:
sudo bin/rails db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
sudo bin/rails assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production
sudo bin/rails mastodon:setup RAILS_ENV=production
This will set up the database, compile the assets, and initialize Mastodon.
Finally, start Mastodon with the following command:
sudo systemctl start mastodon-*.target
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Mastodon on Clear Linux Latest. Mastodon is a powerful social network software that offers an alternative to centralized platforms. By following this tutorial, you should now have your own Mastodon instance up and running.
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