How to Install Revolt on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Revolt, a modern and privacy-focused chat platform on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

• NetBSD installed on your computer
• Internet connection

Steps

1. Open your terminal window on NetBSD by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or by finding the Terminal application in the application menu.

2. Update the package repository by running the following command:

sudo pkgin update

3. Install the necessary packages required to build Revolt by running the following command:

sudo pkgin install git cargo openssl cmake ninja

4. Clone the Revolt repository from Github by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/revoltchat/revolt.git

5. Change the working directory to the Revolt directory by running the following command:

cd revolt

6. Build the Revolt client by running the following command:

cargo build --release

7. After the build process completes, navigate to the target/release directory by running the following command:

cd target/release

8. Launch the Revolt client by running the following command:

./revolt

9. You will be presented with the login screen, where you can create a new account or log in to an existing one.

10. Once you have logged in, you can start using Revolt to chat with your contacts.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and set up Revolt on NetBSD.

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