How to Install Local Food Nodes on Debian Latest

Local Food Nodes is a software platform designed to connect consumers with local food producers in their communities. If you're running Debian Latest and want to install Local Food Nodes, follow these steps:

Step 1: Update your system

Before installing any new software, it's important to make sure your system is up to date. Open a terminal and run the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install required dependencies

Local Food Nodes requires a few dependencies to be installed before it can run. Run the following command in your terminal to install them:

sudo apt install git curl ruby ruby-dev build-essential patch zlib1g-dev liblzma-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev

Step 3: Install the Node.js version manager (nvm)

Local Food Nodes requires a specific version of Node.js to run, and nvm makes it easy to manage multiple versions of Node.js on your system. Run the following commands in your terminal to install nvm:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash

This will download the nvm installation script and run it. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.

Step 4: Install Node.js using nvm

Now that nvm is installed, you can use it to install the required version of Node.js. Run the following command in your terminal:

nvm install 12.21.0

This will install Node.js version 12.21.0, which is the version required by Local Food Nodes.

Step 5: Clone the Local Food Nodes repository

With the dependencies and Node.js installed, you're ready to clone the Local Food Nodes repository. Run the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/digitalWestie/localFoodNodes

This will download the Local Food Nodes source code to your system.

Step 6: Install Local Food Nodes

Change to the root directory of the Local Food Nodes repository by running:

cd localFoodNodes

Once inside the directory run

sudo bash install.sh

This will install Local Food Nodes along with all of its dependencies.

Step 7: Run Local Food Nodes

Finally, you can run Local Food Nodes by executing the following command in your terminal:

sudo docker-compose up

This command will start the Local Food Nodes server.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Local Food Nodes on Debian Latest. You can now visit it in your web browser at http://localhost:3000.

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