Retrospring is a social network platform that is focused on providing a safe and user-friendly environment for users to communicate with each other. Here we will provide you a tutorial for installing Retrospring on POP! OS Latest.
Before starting the process, you should have the following prerequisites:
First, we will need to install some dependencies on our system. Open the terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y openssl redis-server postgresql postgresql-client postgresql-contrib libpq-dev vim nodejs npm
After installation has been completed, enable the Redis and PostgreSQL services using:
sudo systemctl enable redis-server.service
sudo systemctl start redis-server.service
sudo systemctl enable postgresql.service
sudo systemctl start postgresql.service
Next, clone the Retrospring repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/retrospring/retrospring.git
Navigate to the cloned Retrospring directory and install the required packages using the following commands:
cd retrospring
npm install
Create a new PostgreSQL user and database using the following commands:
sudo -u postgres createuser -s retrospring
sudo -u postgres createdb -O retrospring retrospring
Open the database configuration file using:
sudo vim config/database.js
And update the following lines:
database: "retrospring",
host: "localhost",
username: "retrospring",
password: "<your-password-here>"
Replace <your-password-here> with a strong password.
Start the Retrospring server using the following command:
npm start
And that’s it! You have successfully installed Retrospring on your POP! OS Latest machine. You can now access Retrospring by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Retrospring on POP! OS Latest. If you have any questions or face any issues during the installation process, feel free to ask in the comments below.
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