How to Install Local Food Nodes on Void Linux

Introduction

Local Food Nodes is an open source project that facilitates the creation of local food networks by providing a platform to connect farmers with customers in their respective areas. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Local Food Nodes on your Void Linux system.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A user account with sudo privileges
• A working internet connection
• Python 3

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Firstly, we need to install some dependencies required for running Local Food Nodes:

sudo xbps-install -S postgresql postgresql-contrib python3-pip

Step 2: Install Local Food Nodes

We will now install Local Food Nodes by using pip3, a package manager for Python:

sudo pip3 install localfoodnodes

Step 3: Initialize Database

Before we start using Local Food Nodes, we need to initialize a PostgreSQL database. We will create a new database user and a database for Local Food Nodes:

sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER lfnuser WITH PASSWORD 'password';"
sudo -u postgres createdb -O lfnuser lfn_db

Step 4: Configure Local Food Nodes

Now we need to configure Local Food Nodes to use the database created in the previous step. For this purpose, we will create a configuration file in /etc/localfoodnodes/config.yml. Copy and paste the following contents into the file:

database:
  host: 127.0.0.1
  port: 5432
  database: lfn_db
  username: lfnuser
  password: password

Save the file.

Step 5: Start Local Food Nodes

Finally, we can start Local Food Nodes and begin using it:

sudo systemctl start localfoodnodes

To check if Local Food Nodes is running, you can use:

sudo systemctl status localfoodnodes

Conclusion

Local Food Nodes is now installed and ready to use on your Void Linux system! You can access the platform by opening a web browser and entering http://localhost:8000 in the address bar.