How to Install Galene on macOS

Galene is a self-hosted video chat server that provides secure and private real-time communication. If you want to install Galene on macOS, you can follow the following steps.

Prerequisites

Before installing Galene, please ensure you have the following:

• macOS 10.13 or higher.
• Homebrew package manager.
• A terminal application.

Steps to Install Galene

1. Open the terminal application.

2. Install the OpenSSL package using Homebrew:

   brew install openssl
   

3. Install the Go programming language:

   brew install go
   

4. Create a folder to store the Galene server:

   mkdir ~/galene_server
   cd ~/galene_server
   

5. Clone the latest Galene source code:

   git clone https://github.com/jech/galene.git
   

6. Build the Galene server:

   cd galene
   env CGO_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include CGO_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib \
   sh -c 'GOPATH=$(pwd) go build -o galene ./cmd/galene'
   

7. Create a new configuration file:

   cp example/galene.conf .
   

8. Open the configuration file using a text editor:

   nano galene.conf
   

9. Customize the configuration options according to your needs. For example, change the server name, port number, and user authentication method.

10. Save and exit the configuration file.

11. Start the Galene server:

    ./galene galene.conf
    

12. Verify that the server has started by visiting http://localhost:8443 in a web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Galene on your macOS machine. You can now use it to host your own private video chat server.

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