How to Install Twister on FreeBSD Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Twister, a decentralized microblogging platform, on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure your FreeBSD server is up-to-date by running the following commands as root:

freebsd-update fetch
freebsd-update install

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install Twister on FreeBSD, you need to install the following dependencies:

1. OpenSSL
2. Boost
3. BerkeleyDB

You can install these dependencies using the following command:

pkg install openssl boost-libs db5

Step 2: Clone the Twister Repository

Next, you need to clone the Twister repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/miguelfreitas/twister-core.git

Step 3: Build and Install Twister

To build and install Twister, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the twister-core/ directory:

   cd twister-core/
   

2. Modify the Makefile to include the path to the Boost libraries. Open the Makefile using your favorite text editor, find the line that starts with LIBS =, and add the following flag: -L/usr/local/lib/boost.

3. Run the following command to build Twister:

   make
   

4. Once the build is complete, run the following command to install Twister:

   make install
   

Step 4: Configure Twister

To configure Twister, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the /usr/local/etc/twister/ directory:

   cd /usr/local/etc/twister/
   

2. Copy the twister.conf.sample file to twister.conf:

   cp twister.conf.sample twister.conf
   

3. Open the twister.conf file using your favorite text editor, and modify the following options to suit your needs:

   • rpcuser: A username for the RPC server.
   • rpcpassword: A password for the RPC server.
   • rpcallowip: An IP address or range that is allowed to access the RPC server.
   • listen: The IP address and port number that Twister will listen on. By default, it listens on 127.0.0.1:28332.
   • externalip: The external IP address that other Twister nodes will use to connect to your node.

4. Save and close the twister.conf file.

Step 5: Start Twister

To start Twister, run the following command:

twisterd

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Twister, a decentralized microblogging platform, on FreeBSD. You also learned how to configure Twister and how to start it. Now you can start using Twister to communicate with other users on the decentralized network!

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