How to install yarn.social on FreeBSD Latest

Yarn.social is a decentralized social network that runs on the Yarn Protocol. In order to run it on FreeBSD Latest, you will need to follow a few steps to get everything set up properly.

Prerequisites

Before you can install yarn.social, you will need to have the following installed on your system:

• Node.js
• Git

Installation

1. Clone the yarn.social repository from GitHub.

git clone https://github.com/yarnsocial/yarn.git

2. Change into the yarn directory.

cd yarn

3. Install the required dependencies.

npm install

4. Copy the example config file to one named yarn.json.

cp config/config.json.example config/yarn.json

5. Edit the yarn.json file to suit your needs.

nano config/yarn.json

6. Start the yarn.social server.

npm start

You should now be able to access the Yarn.social web interface by visiting http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

Installing yarn.social on FreeBSD Latest is a fairly straightforward process once you have the necessary prerequisites installed. Once you have the server up and running, you can start exploring the decentralized social network world of Yarn.social.

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