Mastodon is an open-source and decentralized social network platform that allows users to communicate and share content without relying on a centralized corporation. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Mastodon on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before starting, make sure that you have the following requirements:
Before installing any new software, it is always a good idea to update the system's package list and installed packages by running the following commands as a sudo user:
sudo pacman -Syu
Mastodon is built with Ruby on Rails, so before installing Mastodon, we will need to install the dependencies.
sudo pacman -S ruby rubygems ruby-rdoc zlib zlib-devel libidn2 imagemagick
Mastodon requires Node.js to run. Install it by running:
sudo pacman -S nodejs yarn
Install Mastodon using the following command:
sudo -iu mastodon
git clone https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon.git ~/live
cd ~/live
git checkout $(git tag -l | grep -v 'rc[0-9]*' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
cp .env.production.sample .env.production
Open the .env file and edit it to match your settings:
nano .env.production
Note that the LOCAL_DOMAIN variable must match your registered domain name. Set LOCAL_HTTPS to true if you're using HTTPS.
LOCAL_DOMAIN=yourdomain.com
LOCAL_HTTPS=true
Install the required dependencies by running:
RAILS_ENV=production bundle install --deployment --without development test
Now, create the database by executing:
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate
Execute the following command to generate precompiled assets:
RAILS_ENV=production NODE_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile
Finally, start Mastodon using the following command:
RAILS_ENV=production bin/tootctl start
Mastodon should now be accessible at https://localhost:3000. However, if you set LOCAL_HTTPS=true in the .env file, you should be able to access it via https://yourdomain.com.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Mastodon on EndeavourOS Latest. Once installed, you can customize Mastodon and create your own social network for your users.
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