Akkoma is a social networking platform that is designed to provide an alternative to traditional social media platforms. In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to install Akkoma on POP! OS latest.
To download the Akkoma package, you need to visit the following link:
Once you are on the website, click on the “Download” button. The download should begin automatically.
After downloading the package, you need to extract it. To extract the package, right-click on it and select “Extract Here.”
Akkoma is built using NodeJS and NPM. Therefore, you need to have NodeJS and NPM installed to run the application.
To install NodeJS and NPM, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs npm
PM2 is a process manager for Node.js applications. To install PM2, run the following command:
sudo npm install pm2 -g
Akkoma requires MongoDB to store data. To install MongoDB, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install mongodb
To install Akkoma, navigate to the extracted Akkoma package and run the following command:
npm install
To start Akkoma, run the following command:
pm2 start server.js
To access Akkoma, open a browser and go to the following URL:
http://localhost:3000/
That’s it! You have successfully installed Akkoma on POP! OS latest.
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