How to Install Antville on POP! OS Latest

Antville is a free, open-source blog host, CMS and CMS framework written in JavaScript. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Antville on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

• A POP! OS Latest installation with root privileges
• Node.js installed
• PostgreSQL installed
• Git installed

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

1. Open your terminal
2. Install Node.js by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install nodejs

3. Install PostgreSQL by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib

4. Install Git by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install git

Step 2 - Clone Antville Repository

1. Create a directory for Antville by running the following command:

mkdir ~/antville

2. Go to the directory by running the following command:

cd ~/antville

3. Clone the Antville repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/antville/antville.git .

Step 3 - Configure Database

1. Create a database by running the following command:

sudo -u postgres createdb antville

2. Create a user for the database by running the following command:

sudo -u postgres createuser --interactive

3. Assign a password for the user by running the following command:

sudo -u postgres psql

Inside the PostgreSQL shell:

ALTER USER [user] PASSWORD '[password]';

Replace [user] and [password] with the user and password you want to use.

4. Set the database URL by running the following command:

export DATABASE_URL=postgres://[user]:[password]@localhost/antville

Replace [user] and [password] with the user and password you have set.

Step 4 - Install Antville

1. Install the dependencies by running the following command:

npm install

2. Build the application by running the following command:

npm run build

3. Configure the application by running the following command:

npm run configure

4. Start the application by running the following command:

npm start

Step 5 - Access Antville

1. Open your web browser
2. Go to the following URL:

http://localhost:5000/

You will see the Antville homepage.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have explained how to install Antville on POP! OS Latest. You can now start creating your blog or CMS using this powerful and flexible framework.

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