Installing Local Food Nodes on Kali Linux

Step 1: Downloading the Local Food Nodes package

The first step is to go to the official Local Food Nodes website https://localfoodnodes.org/ and download the latest package.

Step 2: Installing required packages

Before we proceed with the installation of Local Food Nodes on Kali Linux, we need to ensure that some required packages are installed on this system. Let's open the terminal and run the following command to install them:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential ruby2.7-dev zlib1g-dev libpq-dev

Step 3: Installing Local Food Nodes

1. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the Local Food Nodes package using the command line. For example, if you downloaded the package in the Downloads folder, use the following command:

cd ~/Downloads

2. Extract the package using the following command:

tar -xvf localfoodnodes-x.x.x.tar.gz

Note: Replace x.x.x with the version number you downloaded. 3. Move into the extracted directory:

cd localfoodnodes-x.x.x

Note: Replace x.x.x with the version number you downloaded. 4. Run the following command to install Local Food Nodes:

sudo make install

5. Configure the environment variables by running the following command:

sudo ldconfig

6. Run the following command to test the installation of Local Food Nodes:

localfoodnodes version

If the installation was successful, it should display the version number.

Step 4: Launching Local Food Nodes

To launch Local Food Nodes, use the following command:

localfoodnodes start

Once the server has started, you can access Local Food Nodes in a browser at http://localhost:3000.

Conclusion

You have now successfully installed Local Food Nodes on Kali Linux. You can start using it for your local food projects.

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