Installation

Official Install Instructions
Current, official installation instructions: http://gitorious.org/statusnet/mainline/blobs/master/INSTALL

Frequently asked install questions

 * How do I disable default plugins in 0.9.x?
 * Add a line like this to your config.php file:

unset($config['plugins']['default']['OpenID']);


 * DB error help! "LOG_ERR: PEAR error: DB Error: extension not found : [DB Error: extension not found]"
 * The mysqli PHP module is now explicitly required for MySQL use in version 0.9.x and above (check your db connection string)


 * How do I force SSL?
 * Add a line like this to your config.php file:

$config['site']['ssl'] = 'always';

And you may need to run the updateurls.php script: php scripts/updateurls.php

System specific notes

 * Installing on Fedora (includes SELinux instructions)
 * Dreamhost Setup (Debian)
 * list of Statusnet Packages (ubuntu centric)
 * extra config.php settings
 * MacOSX
 * Postfix
 * Nginx -
 * Laconica on Ubuntu 8.04 Server Quick Start Has been expanded to include Sphinx and XMPP setup
 * Laconica on XAMPP on Windows step by step: InstallationWindows
 * Laconica on Debian Etch with PostgreSQL step by step: http://blog.ciarang.com/posts/laconica-etch-postgresql/
 * Laconica for speed on FreeBSD (no apache) using nginx and spawn-fcgi http://pbj.ca/FNMP-install-laconica.html
 * Site Privacy - Private, Community , Single User or Public