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+            <h1>Install Lemmy Self-Hosted Reddit Alternative on Linux</h1>
+          </div>
+          <div></div>
+          <div id="content">
+          <h2>What is Lemmy?</h2>
+
+<p><em>Lemmy is an open-source, federated link aggregator similar to Reddit and built with Rust.</em> -<a href="https://lemmy.ml/" target="_blank">https://lemmy.ml/</a></p>
+
+<ol>
+	<li>Log into the Linux device</li>
+	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal window
+	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
+	sudo apt update<br />
+	# install available software updates<br />
+	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
+	# install prerequisites<br />
+	sudo apt install git build-essential gcc libssl-dev pkg-config libpq-dev curl gnupg2 espeak postgresql -y<br />
+	# enable the postgresql service and start it<br />
+	sudo systemctl enable postgresql --now<br />
+	# connect to postgresql<br />
+	sudo -u postgres psql postgres<br />
+	# create lemmy database user<br />
+	create user lemmy with password &#39;L3mmy&#39; superuser;<br />
+	# create lemmy database<br />
+	create database lemmy with owner lemmy;<br />
+	# close postgresql connection<br />
+	exit<br />
+	# add nodejs software repository<br />
+	curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo bash -<br />
+	# install nodejs<br />
+	sudo apt install nodejs -y<br />
+	# install yarn<br />
+	sudo npm install -g yarn<br />
+	# create lemmy user<br />
+	sudo useradd -m -d /opt/lemmy lemmy<br />
+	# install rust, enter 1 at the prompt<br />
+	curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh<br />
+	# configure the shell<br />
+	source $HOME/.cargo/env<br />
+	# clone the lemmy git repository<br />
+	git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy.git ./server<br />
+	# change directory to the source code<br />
+	cd server<br />
+	# build lemmy<br />
+	cargo build --release<br />
+	# change directory out of lemmy server<br />
+	cd ..<br />
+	# move lemmy to /opt/lemmy<br />
+	sudo mv ./server /opt/lemmy/<br />
+	# switch user to lemmy<br />
+	sudo su lemmy<br />
+	# change directory to lemmy home<br />
+	cd ~<br />
+	# print working directory, should output /opt/lemmy<br />
+	pwd<br />
+	# clone lemmy frontend<br />
+	git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui.git --recurse-submodules ./lemmy-ui<br />
+	# change directory to lemmy-ui<br />
+	cd lemmy-ui<br />
+	# clean npm cache<br />
+	npm cache clean --force<br />
+	# install npm dependencies<br />
+	npm install<br />
+	# fix npm vulnerabilities<br />
+	npm audit fix<br />
+	# build lemmy-ui<br />
+	yarn build:prod<br />
+	# exit lemmy shell<br />
+	exit<br />
+	# create lemmy service file<br />
+	sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/lemmy.service</div>
+	</li>
+	<li>Paste the following configuration into lemmy.service
+	<p>[Unit]<br />
+	Description=Lemmy</p>
+
+	<p>[Service]<br />
+	User=lemmy<br />
+	Group=lemmy<br />
+	Environment=LEMMY_DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:L3mmy@localhost:5432/lemmy<br />
+	ExecStart=/opt/lemmy/server/target/release/lemmy_server<br />
+	WorkingDirectory=/opt/lemmy/server</p>
+
+	<p>[Install]<br />
+	WantedBy=multi-user.target</p>
+	</li>
+	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
+	<li>Continue with the following commands
+	<div class="codeBlock"># create lemmy-ui service bash file<br />
+	sudo nano /opt/lemmy/lemmy-ui/lemmy-ui.sh</div>
+	</li>
+	<li>Paste the following configuration into lemmy-ui.sh
+	<p>#!/usr/bin/bash<br />
+	/usr/bin/node /opt/lemmy/lemmy-ui/dist/js/server.js</p>
+	</li>
+	<li>Continue with the following commands
+	<div class="codeBlock"># make lemmy-ui.sh executable<br />
+	sudo chmod +x /opt/lemmy/lemmy-ui/lemmy-ui.sh<br />
+	# create lemmy service file<br />
+	sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/lemmy-ui.service</div>
+	</li>
+	<li>Paste the following configuration into lemmy-ui.service
+	<p>[Unit]<br />
+	Description=Lemmy-UI</p>
+
+	<p>[Service]<br />
+	ExecStart=/opt/lemmy/lemmy-ui/lemmy-ui.sh<br />
+	Restart=always<br />
+	User=lemmy<br />
+	Group=lemmy<br />
+	Environment=PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin<br />
+	Environment=NODE_ENV=production<br />
+	WorkingDirectory=/opt/lemmy/lemmy-ui</p>
+
+	<p>[Install]<br />
+	WantedBy=multi-user.target</p>
+	</li>
+	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
+	<li>Continue with the following commands
+	<div class="codeBlock"># reload systemd services<br />
+	sudo systemctl daemon-reload<br />
+	# start lemmy service on boot and now<br />
+	sudo systemctl enable lemmy --now<br />
+	# start lemmy-ui service on boot and now<br />
+	sudo systemctl enable lemmy-ui --now</div>
+	</li>
+	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:1234</li>
+	<li>Enter a username, email and password to create a site administrator account &gt; Click Sign Up</li>
+	<li>Enter a site name and any additional optional values &gt; Click Create</li>
+	<li>Welcome to Lemmy</li>
+</ol>
+
+<p>Sources: <a href="https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/contributing/local_development.html" target="_blank">https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/contributing/local_development.html</a>,<br />
+<a href="https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/from_scratch.html" target="_blank">https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/from_scratch.html</a></p>
+          </div>
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