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How to Install Castopod on EndeavourOS Latest

Castopod is a self-hosted podcast hosting platform that allows you to manage and distribute your own podcasts. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Castopod on EndeavourOS.

Step 1 - Install Required Packages

Let's start by installing the required packages for Castopod. Open the terminal and update the package list:

sudo pacman -Syu

Then install some additional packages with the following command:

sudo pacman -S git mariadb mariadb-clients

Step 2 - Install Node.js and Yarn

Castopod requires Node.js and Yarn to run. Use the following commands to install Node.js and Yarn:

sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
sudo npm install -g yarn

Step 3 - Clone Castopod Repository

Clone the Castopod repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Castopod/Castopod.git

This will create a directory named Castopod in your current directory.

Step 4 - Install Castopod Dependencies

Navigate to the Castopod directory and install the dependencies using Yarn:

cd Castopod
yarn install --pure-lockfile

Step 5 - Configure MariaDB

Create a new database for Castopod and a user with permissions to access the database. Use the following commands to do this:

sudo mysql -u root

This will open the MariaDB console. Create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE castopod;

Then create a new user and grant them privileges on the database:

CREATE USER 'castopod'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON castopod.* TO 'castopod'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Make sure to replace 'password' with a strong password of your own choosing.

Step 6 - Configure Castopod

Copy the example configuration file to the config directory:

cp .env.example .env

Update the .env file with your own settings by running the command:

nano .env

Look for the following lines and update them with the details from the previous step:

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=castopod
DB_USERNAME=castopod
DB_PASSWORD=password

Next, generate a new application key:

php artisan key:generate

Step 7 - Migrate and Seed the Database

Use the following command to migrate the database:

php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

Step 8 - Start the Castopod Server

Start the Castopod server with the following command:

yarn dev

This will start the server on http://localhost:3000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Castopod on EndeavourOS. You can now start managing and distributing your own podcasts with Castopod.

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