From 18bb160ddf051b7e5c6391808c246d0ab6f77126 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Lee Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:42:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added GNU social install doc: --- HOW-TO-INSTALL-GNU-SOCIAL.txt | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 HOW-TO-INSTALL-GNU-SOCIAL.txt diff --git a/HOW-TO-INSTALL-GNU-SOCIAL.txt b/HOW-TO-INSTALL-GNU-SOCIAL.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..24fd0a0c78 --- /dev/null +++ b/HOW-TO-INSTALL-GNU-SOCIAL.txt @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +## How to install GNU social + +There are two ways to install GNU social -- from git, or from a snapshot. + +### Install from git + +0. Make sure you have all the things you need installed: + + sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8 + sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales + sudo apt-get update -q + sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y + sudo apt-get install -y pound varnish php5 rsync htop emacs23-nox apache2 php5-mysql dtrx mysql-server exim4 + +1. SSH to your server + + ssh mattl@mattl.io + +2. Make a directory for your installation and let the webserver write to it. + + mkdir www/mattl.io -p + chown www-data:www-data www/mattl.io + +3. Check out GNU social into your directory. + + cd www/mattl.io + git clone git://gitorious.org/social/mainline.git . + +4. Make a database. + + mysql -u root -p + create database social; + exit + +5. Visit your website and enter your name, database details, etc. + +6. You're all set!