Yarn.social is a social network alternative to Twitter that runs on a decentralized infrastructure. If you happen to be an OpenSUSE user and want to try out yarn.social, this tutorial is for you.
Update your system
sudo zypper update
Install development packages
sudo zypper install -t pattern devel_basis
Install NodeJS:
curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo bash -
sudo zypper install nodejs
Install yarn:
npm install -g yarn
Clone the Yarn.social repository:
git clone https://github.com/yarnsocial/yarn.git
Install dependencies:
yarn install
Copy the .env.example
file to .env
cp .env.example .env
Edit .env
to match your configuration (optional).
Build yarn.social
yarn build
You have successfully installed yarn.social on your OpenSUSE machine. Now, you can run your localhost and test yarn.social by following the instructions from the documentation.
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