Retrospring is a free, open-source, decentralized social network platform that allows users to create and share messages known as "springs". In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Retrospring on macOS.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your computer:
If you don't have any of these prerequisites installed, please follow the official documentation to install them.
Retrospring uses PostgreSQL as its default database management system. To install PostgreSQL, simply run the following command in your terminal:
brew install postgresql
After installation, start the PostgreSQL server by running the following command:
brew services start postgresql
Retrospring also uses Redis as its default in-memory data structure store. To install Redis, simply run the following command in your terminal:
brew install redis
After installation, start the Redis server by running the following command:
brew services start redis
Retrospring is built using the Ruby On Rails framework. To install Ruby On Rails, simply run the following command in your terminal:
gem install rails
Now, it's time to clone the Retrospring repository from GitHub. To do so, run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/retrospring/retrospring.git
After cloning the repository, navigate to the project directory by running the following command:
cd retrospring
Once you are in the project directory, install the necessary dependencies by running the following command:
bundle install
Copy the database.yml.example
file to database.yml
and edit the file to configure the database settings:
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
nano config/database.yml
Update the username
and password
fields with your PostgreSQL database credentials.
Create the Retrospring database by running the following command:
rails db:create
Run the database migrations by running the following command:
rails db:migrate
Finally, start the Retrospring server by running the following command:
rails server
Now, you can access Retrospring at http://localhost:3000
on your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Retrospring on macOS.
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