How to Install Socialhome on Elementary OS Latest

Socialhome is an open-source and decentralized social networking platform. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Socialhome on the latest version of Elementary OS.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies required to run Socialhome. Open your terminal and update your system's package list by running:

sudo apt update

Then, install the following dependencies:

sudo apt install -y python3 python3-dev python3-pip libssl-dev libffi-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libjpeg-dev libxslt-dev

Step 2: Install and configure PostgreSQL

Socialhome uses PostgreSQL as its database management system. To install PostgreSQL, run:

sudo apt install -y postgresql postgresql-contrib

Once it's installed, create a new PostgreSQL user and database with the following commands:

sudo su - postgres
createuser -P socialhome
createdb -O socialhome socialhome
exit

Step 3: Install Socialhome

Now, we are ready to install Socialhome. We will use pip to install Socialhome from the Python Package Index. First, install pip if it's not already installed:

sudo apt install -y python3-pip

Then, install Socialhome:

sudo pip3 install socialhome

Step 4: Configure Socialhome

After installing Socialhome, we need to configure it to use PostgreSQL as its database.

Create a new file named local_settings.py in the Socialhome directory:

sudo nano /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/socialhome/local_settings.py

Then, add the following lines to the file:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'socialhome',
        'USER': 'socialhome',
        'PASSWORD': 'YourPasswordHere!',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '',
    }
}

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Run Socialhome

Finally, we can run Socialhome using the runserver command:

sudo socialhome runserver 0.0.0.0:80

The 0.0.0.0:80 part means that Socialhome will be accessible at http://localhost:80 on your machine.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Socialhome on Elementary OS Latest.