Lemmy is a self-hostable and decentralized link aggregator that is similar to Reddit. It is an open-source software that is built using the Rust programming language. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Lemmy on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
Lemmy requires several dependencies to be installed on your system. You can install these dependencies using the following command:
sudo pacman -S curl git rustup openssl cmake postgresql
Next, we need to install Rust, which is required to build the Lemmy binaries. You can install Rustup by running the following command:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
We will now clone the Lemmy repository to our local machine using Git. You can do this by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy.git
Lemmy requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. You can create a new database and user by running the following commands:
sudo -u postgres psql
CREATE DATABASE lemmy;
CREATE USER lemmy WITH PASSWORD 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE lemmy TO lemmy;
\q
Replace your_password with a secure password.
Navigate to the cloned Lemmy repository and run the following commands to build and install Lemmy:
cd lemmy
# Set the environment variable for database connection string
export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://lemmy:your_password@localhost/lemmy
# Build the binaries
cargo build --release
# Install the binaries
sudo install -D target/release/lemmy /usr/local/bin/lemmy
sudo install -D target/release/lemmy-web /usr/local/bin/lemmy-web
Now that we have installed Lemmy, we need to configure it. You can do this by creating a new configuration file in the /etc/lemmy/ directory:
sudo mkdir /etc/lemmy
sudo nano /etc/lemmy/lemmy.conf
Paste the following contents into the configuration file:
address = "0.0.0.0"
port = 8546
domain = "localhost"
secret_key = "replace_with_a_secure_random_string"
[database]
url = "postgresql://lemmy:your_password@localhost/lemmy"
[activitypub]
base_url = "http://localhost:8546"
Replace the secret_key value with a secure random string.
Save and close the file by pressing CTRL+X, followed by Y, and then ENTER.
To start Lemmy, run the following command:
sudo lemmy
Lemmy will now be running on http://localhost:8546.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8546. You will be prompted to create a new account. Once you have created your account, you can start using Lemmy.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Lemmy on EndeavourOS Latest!
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