Dendrite is a Matrix server developed by the Matrix.org project. It is written in Go and is designed to be easy to install and maintain. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Dendrite on macOS.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following installed on your macOS machine:
Open a terminal window and clone the Dendrite repository with the following command:
git clone https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite.git
Navigate to the cloned Dendrite repository using the terminal and run the following command to install dependencies:
make install
After installing the dependencies, run the following command to build Dendrite:
make dendrite
Once Dendrite has been built, you need to create a configuration file. In the same terminal window, run the following command to create a default configuration file:
./dendrite-bin generate --help
This will create a dendrite.yaml file in the dendrite/bin directory. You can modify this file to suit your needs.
Now that Dendrite has been built and configured, you can start the server by running the following command in the same terminal window:
./dendrite-monolith-server
If everything has been configured correctly, you should see the server start up without any errors.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Dendrite on macOS. For more information on using Dendrite, consult the official documentation at https://matrix.org/docs/projects/server/dendrite.
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