LiveKit is an open-source web-based communication platform that allows developers to integrate live video, audio, and chat functionality into their applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install LiveKit on Debian latest.
Before installing any new software or package, we always recommend updating the system packages to their latest versions. You can achieve this by running the following commands in your terminal:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
LiveKit is built using Golang, so you should have Golang installed on your system. If not, you can download and install it from the official website or install it using the following command:
sudo apt-get install golang-go
Next, we need to install some required dependencies for LiveKit. These dependencies can be installed using the following command:
sudo apt-get install libopus-dev libvpx-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev pkg-config
Now that we have all the necessary dependencies, we can start installing LiveKit. Follow the below steps to download and install LiveKit:
Download the LiveKit binary using the following command:
wget https://github.com/livekit/livekit-server/releases/download/v0.5.0/livekit-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz
LiveKit releases can be found at https://github.com/livekit/livekit-server/releases/.
Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
tar -xvf livekit-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz
This will create a directory named livekit-server.
Change to the livekit-server directory and run the LiveKit server using the following command:
cd livekit-server
./livekit-server
By default, LiveKit server will run on port 7880. You can access the server using your web browser by navigating to http://localhost:7880.
LiveKit is now successfully installed on your Debian latest system. You can now start building your application with live communication functionality using LiveKit. If you face any issues during the installation process, please refer to the LiveKit documentation at https://docs.livekit.io/.
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