Installing Mobilizon on Void Linux

Mobilizon is a free, federated and decentralized platform designed to help you organize and participate in events. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Mobilizon on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, you must ensure that the following prerequisites are already installed on your system.

• Void Linux installed and running on your local machine or server.
• A user account with superuser (sudo) privileges.

Step 1 - Installing Required Dependencies

The first step is to install the required dependencies that Mobilizon needs to run on your system. Open your terminal and update your package list by running the following command.

sudo xbps-install -Suy

After the update process is completed, you will now need to install the required build dependencies

sudo xbps-install -y gcc git libxml2 libxslt postgresql postgresql-contrib postgresql-dev postgresql-client autoconf automake libtool make zlib-dev libffi-dev python3 python3-dev python3-bcrypt python3-cffi python3-cryptography python3-flask python3-flask-babel python3-flask-login python3-flask-mail python3-psycopg2 python3-pycountry python3-requests python3-setuptools python3-sphinx python3-venv python3-wheel yarnpkg

Step 2 - Installing Node.js

Mobilizon uses Node.js runtime environment for its front-end development. You need to install Node.js on your system using the following command.

sudo xbps-install -y nodejs

After the installation process is completed, check the version of Node.js using the following command.

node -v

Step 3 - Installing Mobilizon

Now, you are ready to download and install Mobilizon software on your system. Follow the steps below to install Mobilizon.

1. Clone the Mobilizon source code from the Github repository using the following command.

git clone https://framagit.org/framasoft/mobilizon.git

2. Once you have downloaded the source code, navigate to the Mobilizon directory using the following command.

cd mobilizon

3. Run the installation script to install the required dependencies for Mobilizon.

make install_deps

4. Activate Mobilizon's virtual environment by typing the following command.

source .venv/bin/activate

5. Initialize the Mobilizon database by running the following command.

make serve-local

6. Finally, start the Mobilizon server using the following command.

python3 -m mobilizon.run

You should now see the Mobilizon server is up and running on your terminal.

Step 4 - Configuring Mobilizon

By default, Mobilizon listens on localhost:8080. You can verify if the server is running by visiting the URL http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

To configure Mobilizon, you need to create a new file name .env and add the following configuration variables.

DB_URI=postgresql://user:password@127.0.0.1:5432/mobilizon
SECRET_KEY=b'\xa3\xf4\x16\xfaMN\x14H%\x1c\x0bK\xf4\xe1\xe0%n\x8eKc\x12[\xe6>'
DEFAULT_LOCALE=en_US
MAIL_FROM='mobilizon <noreply@example.com>'
MAIL_SERVER=smtp.example.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME='myusername@example.com'
MAIL_PASSWORD='password'
ADMIN_EMAIL='admin@example.com'

Replace the values of each configuration variable with your own, and save the .env file.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mobilizon on your Void Linux system. You can now start creating your own events and invite people to join your community. Please note that Mobilizon is an active project, and new versions and updates are regularly released. Therefore, it is essential to keep your installation up to date.

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