Libervia is a powerful web application for instant messaging and social networking which is available for NetBSD operating system too. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Libervia from https://repos.goffi.org/libervia-web on NetBSD.
Before installing Libervia on NetBSD, you need to have the following:
Follow these steps to install Libervia on NetBSD:
The first step is to update the NetBSD operating system. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pkgin update
Libervia requires several packages and libraries to run. Install the necessary dependencies by running the following command:
sudo pkgin install py38-libxml2 py38-cryptography py38-openssl py38-dnspython \
py38-pyasn1 py38-pysvn py38-bottle py38-beautifulsoup4 py38-html5lib \
py38-dateutil py38-sqlite3 py38-slixmpp py38-simplejson py38-pyasn1-modules \
py38-idna py38-lxml
Now, download the Libervia package from the official website. Open the terminal and run the following command:
wget https://repos.goffi.org/libervia-web/archive/v0.9.0.tar.gz
Use the following command to extract the downloaded package:
tar -xf v0.9.0.tar.gz
To install Libervia, navigate to the extracted folder and run the following command:
cd libervia-web-0.9.0
python3.8 setup.py install --prefix=/usr/pkg
Finally, start Libervia by running the following command:
cd /usr/pkg/libervia-web/
python3.8 run.py serve
You will see a message that Libervia is running on your NetBSD machine.
That’s it! You have successfully installed Libervia on NetBSD operating system. Now, you can enjoy the features of Libervia and have fun with social networking and instant messaging.
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