FreedomBox is a private server software designed to protect user privacy and autonomy on the internet. By installing FreedomBox on your OpenSUSE system, you can own your data and securely communicate with others online. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install FreedomBox on OpenSUSE latest.
Before installing FreedomBox, you'll need to comply with the following prerequisites:
Update your OpenSUSE system's package repository and installed packages.
$ sudo zypper refresh
$ sudo zypper update
Download and install the FreedomBox repository signing key on your system.
$ sudo rpm --import https://freedombox.org/pubkey.asc
Add the FreedomBox repository to your system's package manager.
$ sudo zypper addrepo -t YUM https://mirror.freedombox.org/pub/freedombox/2021-11-02/freedombox.repo
Install FreedomBox and its dependencies.
$ sudo zypper install freedombox
The installation process may take several minutes to complete, depending on your internet connection speed.
Once the installation is done, enable FreedomBox on boot using systemctl.
$ sudo systemctl enable freedombox
To launch FreedomBox, type in the following command.
$ sudo systemctl start freedombox
If you encounter any errors during the installation process, you can check the error logs as follows:
$ sudo journalctl -u freedombox -b
FreedomBox is an excellent software that enables you to own your data and communicate with others online securely. With a few simple installation steps, you can set up your FreedomBox server on your OpenSUSE latest system.
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