Introduction: Status.net the Twitter Clone (setup).
Once I get this installed on my server, look for an update to the instructable. Install is pretty much the same.
Ever wanted to have your own micro-blog just for friends or even more. Here is a quick set up of status.net known for being a Twitter clone. This is best setup as the only web app on a server, but for home or small business use that is not always practical.
To get a feel of what we are doing, you may want to read: https://www.instructables.com/id/Introduction-to-installing-web-apps/
Note: You will need admin rights to do all of this.You will want to do this on a lamp server and have phpmyadmin installed. You could probably set this up on an mswindows machine ina almost the same way. There are a zillion instrutables that use twitter for controling aruinos computers and etc. i.e. https://www.instructables.com/id/Linux-computer-tweeting/
Step 1: Getting the Software.
So go to your server and download the version you want to the root of your home directory.
Step 2: Installing the Program.
Notice the install instructions may vary since I first did this instructable. check the documentation for updates.
As I said You will want to have other programs installed on the server to make it more practical in a private setting. In a public setting you may one what the status.net install only on the server on the web root.
$ cd /var/www/
You can make the web directory whatever name you want, but I chose sn1 for brevity.
:/var/www$ sudo mkdir sn1
:/var/www$ cd sn1
Install the files.
/var/www/sn1$ sudo tar -xzf ~/statusnet-1.1.1.tar.gz --strip-components=1
Go back one directory to set permissions.
:
/var/www/sn1$ cd ..
:/var/www$ sudo chmod a+w sn1
Go back into the directory to set additional permissions.
:/var/www$ cd sn1
:/var/www/sn1$ sudo chmod a+w avatar/ background/ file/
Instaledl the files, but we still have to set up the database and the software.
Get more details here: http://status.net/wiki/Dreamhost_Setup or http://forum.status.net/categories/installation
Step 3: Database Setup.
To set up the database you will need the folowing:
Servername: in most cases localhost will be fine.
Database name: statusnet
Database username: statusnet
Database password: xxxxxxxxx
Now go to phpmyadmin and add a new user with the database also. enter in the data you just decided on.
Be sure to reload the privleges and then exit.
Step 4: The Install
httP//servername/sn1/install.php
Fill in the information you have already used.
Then put in your admin information.
Submit and you should get a success screen.
Not finished yet.
Step 5: First Login.
Goood luck!
Step 6:
Step 7: Update;
Statusnet is now known as GNU social.
The install seems to be about the same (wget https://github.com/foocorp/gnu-social/archive/master.zip)