Installing Mastodon on EndeavourOS Latest

Mastodon is an open-source and decentralized social network platform that allows users to communicate and share content without relying on a centralized corporation. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Mastodon on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure that you have the following requirements:

  • A user account with sudo privileges
  • A registered domain name with access to DNS settings
  • A server with 2GB of RAM or more
  • PostgreSQL version 12 or higher installed on your server

Step 1: Update System

Before installing any new software, it is always a good idea to update the system's package list and installed packages by running the following commands as a sudo user:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

Mastodon is built with Ruby on Rails, so before installing Mastodon, we will need to install the dependencies.

sudo pacman -S ruby rubygems ruby-rdoc zlib zlib-devel libidn2 imagemagick

Step 3: Install Node.js

Mastodon requires Node.js to run. Install it by running:

sudo pacman -S nodejs yarn

Step 4: Install Mastodon

Install Mastodon using the following command:

sudo -iu mastodon
git clone https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon.git ~/live
cd ~/live
git checkout $(git tag -l | grep -v 'rc[0-9]*' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
cp .env.production.sample .env.production

Step 5: Configuring Mastodon

Open the .env file and edit it to match your settings:

nano .env.production

Note that the LOCAL_DOMAIN variable must match your registered domain name. Set LOCAL_HTTPS to true if you're using HTTPS.

LOCAL_DOMAIN=yourdomain.com
LOCAL_HTTPS=true

Step 6: Install Mastodon Dependencies

Install the required dependencies by running:

RAILS_ENV=production bundle install --deployment --without development test

Step 7: Set up the database

Now, create the database by executing:

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate

Step 8: Generate static files

Execute the following command to generate precompiled assets:

RAILS_ENV=production NODE_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile

Step 9: Start Mastodon

Finally, start Mastodon using the following command:

RAILS_ENV=production bin/tootctl start

Step 10: Access Mastodon

Mastodon should now be accessible at https://localhost:3000. However, if you set LOCAL_HTTPS=true in the .env file, you should be able to access it via https://yourdomain.com.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Mastodon on EndeavourOS Latest. Once installed, you can customize Mastodon and create your own social network for your users.