In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Appwrite on FreeBSD.
Before we start, make sure that you have:
Before you start installing Appwrite, make sure that your FreeBSD system is up to date. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
Appwrite requires certain dependencies to be installed in order to function properly. Here are the commands for installing those dependencies:
sudo pkg install -y git
sudo pkg install -y cmake
sudo pkg install -y gcc
sudo pkg install -y openssl
sudo pkg install -y openssl-devel
sudo pkg install -y make
sudo pkg install -y automake
sudo pkg install -y libtool
sudo pkg install -y pkgconf
Appwrite uses MongoDB to store its data. To install MongoDB on FreeBSD, run the following commands:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
sudo pkg install -y mongodb
Next, you need to start the Mongo service:
sudo service mongod start
Finally, enable the Mongo service to start automatically on boot:
sudo sysrc mongod_enable=YES
You can now download and install Appwrite by following these steps:
Clone Appwrite repository from GitHub
git clone https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite.git
Change directory to the Appwrite project:
cd appwrite/
Build the project:
make
Finally, start the Appwrite server:
./bin/appwrite server
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Appwrite on your FreeBSD server.
In this tutorial, we have walked you through the steps to install Appwrite on FreeBSD. Now that you have Appwrite installed, you can start building your own web applications and take advantage of the many features provided by Appwrite.
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