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Installing NodeBB using Termux


This is the ChatGPT prompt I used to be guided

Guide me through installing NodeBB using Termux

(This took some time and patience to troubleshoot errors and implement workaround)

pkg update && pkg upgrade -y

pkg install proot-distro git curl wget nano -y

proot-distro install debian

proot-distro login debian

apt update && apt upgrade -y

apt install -y curl git build-essential ca-certificates gnupg

apt update
apt install -y imagemagick

apt install -y redis-server

redis-server --daemonize yes

redis-cli ping

mkdir -p /opt

git clone https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git /opt/nodebb

cd /opt/nodebb

./nodebb setup

warn: NodeBB Setup Aborted.
 Error: Could not load the "sharp" module using the android-arm64 runtime
Possible solutions:
- Manually install libvips >= 8.18.3

Force node to report platform as linux to get sharp to install

curl -LO https://nodejs.org/dist/v22.23.1/node-v22.23.1-linux-arm64.tar.xz

tar -xJf node-v22.23.1-linux-arm64.tar.xz

mv node-v22.23.1-linux-arm64 /usr/local/node

export PATH="/usr/local/node/bin:$PATH"

rm -rf node_modules
rm -f package-lock.json

npm install

Restart nodebb setup

./nodebb setup

defaults but database as redis

./nodebb start
./nodebb status

This forum is temporarily unavailable due to excessive load.

The uptime command is apparently reporting the Android/Termux host load, while /proc/loadavg inside the Debian proot environment reports a much lower load.

Fix for testing on termux purposes

nano config.json
"max_load": 999

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