GoToSocial is a social network analytics tool that helps you monitor and engage with your social media followers. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of installing GoToSocial on Linux Mint.
Before we get started, you'll need to make sure that you have the following software and packages installed on your Linux Mint:
If you haven't installed these packages, you can do so by running the following commands in your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm git
The first step is to clone the GoToSocial repository from GitHub. To do this, open your terminal and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial.git
This will create a new directory called 'gotosocial' in your current working directory.
Navigate to the 'gotosocial' directory and install the dependencies by running the following command:
cd gotosocial
npm install
This will install all the required dependencies for GoToSocial.
You'll need to set up a MongoDB database for GoToSocial. If you don't have MongoDB installed, you can install it by running the following commands:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv EA312927
echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian buster/mongodb-org/4.4 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
Once you have MongoDB installed, start the MongoDB service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start mongod
Then, run the following command to enter the MongoDB shell:
mongo
Create a new database by running the following command:
use gotosocial
Create a .env file in the root of the 'gotosocial' directory by running the following command:
nano .env
Add the following environment variables in the .env file:
DB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/gotosocial
SESSION_SECRET=some-random-string
Save and close the file.
You're now ready to start GoToSocial. Run the following command to start the server:
npm start
GoToSocial should now be accessible at http://localhost:3000.
Congratulations! You've successfully installed GoToSocial on Linux Mint. Happy analyzing!
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