In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Socialhome on NetBSD. Socialhome is a Django-based social network server that allows users to create and manage their own social networks.
Before we can install Socialhome, we need to install the following dependencies:
$ sudo pkgin update
$ sudo pkgin install python37 py37-psycopg2 py37-pillow py37-lxml py37-cryptography py37-requests py37-pushbullet py37-numpy py37-pyopenssl py37-ldap py37-eventlet py37-cairo py37-gobject3 py37-twisted py37-pillow
Next, we will install Virtualenv, which is a tool that allows us to create isolated Python environments:
$ sudo pkgin install py37-virtualenv
Now, we will create a new virtual environment for Socialhome:
$ virtualenv --python=python3.7 socialhome_env
Activate the virtual environment by running the following command:
$ . socialhome_env/bin/activate
Install Socialhome using pip:
$ pip install socialhome
Socialhome uses PostgreSQL as its default database. Before we can use Socialhome, we need to create a new PostgreSQL user and database:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ createuser -P socialhomeuser
$ createdb -O socialhomeuser socialhome
$ exit
Now, we need to configure Socialhome by creating a new configuration file:
$ cd ~/socialhome_env
$ mkdir socialhome
$ cd socialhome
$ socialhome --setup
Start the Socialhome server by running the following command:
$ socialhome
In this tutorial, we have successfully installed Socialhome on NetBSD. We hope this guide has been useful to you. Enjoy using Socialhome!
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