Template:Installation/Preparation/CentOS: Difference between revisions

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Restart PostgreSQL.
Restart PostgreSQL.
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     The MySQL version shipped with CentOS 6 is very old. We recommend to install the most recent stable version following the [https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-yum-repo-quick-guide/en/ MySQL yum repo quick guide]. If you prefer to stick to the old version, install required packages as root and activate the server:
     The MySQL version shipped with CentOS 6 is very old. We recommend to install the most recent stable version (including the <tt>mysql-devel</tt> package) following the [https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-yum-repo-quick-guide/en/ MySQL yum repo quick guide]. If you prefer to stick to the old version, install required packages as root and activate the server:
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yum install mysql-devel mysql-server
yum install mysql-devel mysql-server

Revision as of 14:41, 7 September 2016

Install packages

Download and install the latest epel release. As root run:

yum install epel-release

Then as root run:

yum install tar make automake gcc gcc-c++ git net-tools libcurl-devel libxml2-devel libffi-devel libxslt-devel wget redis ImageMagick nodejs

Activate Redis

CentOS does not enable and start services automatically, so you need to do this manually. As root run:

systemctl enable redis
systemctl start redis

Install the database

If you do not have it installed already,


Creating a user for diaspora*

As root run:

adduser diaspora
chmod 755 /home/diaspora
su - diaspora
cd ~