How to Install Sovereign on macOS

Sovereign is a self-hosted platform that enables easy deployment of many services like email, chat, and more. In this tutorial, we will be going through the steps to install Sovereign on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before installing Sovereign, ensure that you have the following:

• A macOS system with at least 4GB of RAM
• Python 2.7 or 3.4 or higher
• Git CLI installed

Installing Sovereign

Follow these steps to install Sovereign:

1. Open your terminal application.

2. Clone the Sovereign repository using the Git CLI command:

git clone https://github.com/sovereign/sovereign.git

3. Navigate into the cloned directory using the terminal command:

cd sovereign

4. Execute the installation script by running the command:

./install.sh

5. The installation process will take some time to complete. Once done, you should see output similar to this:

All done! Just add the following to your .bashrc (or .zshrc, etc):
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH

6. Add the suggested line to the end of your .bashrc, .zshrc, or similar shell file.

echo 'export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.zshrc

7. Source your shell file for the changes to take effect:

source ~/.zshrc

8. Run sovereign to see the available commands:

sovereign

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps to install Sovereign on macOS. You should now be able to deploy various services on your self-hosted platform.

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