=== The Pandora. P2P Social Network
Contents
1) overview
2) system requirements
3) installation in Ubuntu
4) installation in Windows
5) installation in Debian
6) preparation of Macosx
7) manual installation or update
8) console user interface
9) getting help
1. OVERVIEW
Pandora is a free peer-to-peer (P2P) desktop (not web) application,
designed for ordinary people, has a graphical user interface (GUI)
and works "out of the box".
It affords functions of instant messenger, audio and video chat,
encyclopedia article and file exchange, trading platform, payment
system, distributed development system and vote system. Pandora
has its own binary protocol, uses a cryptography and trust network.
The concept of Pandora is described in the article:
https://github.com/Novator/Pandora/wiki/P2P-social-network-Pandora
See the user manual with pictures in wiki to quick start:
https://github.com/Novator/Pandora/wiki/Install-and-first-run
2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Mandatory:
- Linux, Windows or Mac OS
- Ruby1.9 or higher script engine
- GTK2 graphical library
- SQLite3 database library
- OpenSSL crypto library
Optional:
- GStreamer0.1 media library
3. INSTALLATION IN UBUNTU
Do commands in terminal:
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:pandora-net/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y pandora-net
4. INSTALLATION IN WINDOWS
Download the installer and run it with administrator:
https://github.com/Novator/Pandora/releases/download/0.7-alpha/pandora_setup.exe
Check sums pandora_setup.exe (size 20 427 683 byte):
MD5 bfbc13b2bbacd0af0d545964434f130c
SHA1 dc4b75ad7ebedcad0b09a3406b46ec9a040773f8
Use utility HashCheck to check sums in Windows:
http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/
or build-in Windows commands:
certutil -hashfile .\pandora_setup.exe MD5
certutil -hashfile .\pandora_setup.exe SHA1
5. INSTALLATION IN DEBIAN
Download a package and install it with root:
https://github.com/Novator/Pandora/releases/download/0.7-alpha/pandora-net_0.7-ubuntu.deb
dpkg -i pandora-net_0.7-ubuntu.deb
apt-get -f -y install
Check sums pandora-net_0.7-ubuntu.deb (size 2 014 126 byte):
MD5 315c0275a95c3b25de80803d0d8026d5
SHA1 7e426db674df18adf132a1d99e16056184626b97
Use commands to check:
md5sum ./pandora-net_0.7-ubuntu.deb
sha1sum ./pandora-net_0.7-ubuntu.deb
6. PREPARATION OF MACOSX
Run these commands in terminal:
xcode-select --install
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew update
brew doctor
brew install ruby
brew install rbenv
brew install ruby-build
brew install openssl
echo 'if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
rbenv install -l
RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS=--with-openssl-dir=`brew --prefix openssl` rbenv install 2.2.2
brew install gtk+
brew install sqlite3
brew install Caskroom/cask/xquartz
brew install adwaita-icon-theme
sudo gem update --system
rvm implode
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby --autolibs=enable
rvm reload
Restart your computer. Run also:
rvm install 2.2.2
rvm use 2.2.2 --default
sudo gem install sqlite3
sudo gem install gtk2
Download and unpack master.zip (see the next chapter), run pandora.sh.
7. MANUAL INSTALLATION OR UPDATE
7.1. Download the archive and unpack it:
https://github.com/Novator/Pandora/archive/master.zip
or download the code with a git:
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/Novator/Pandora.git
7.2. Install needed packages if they still are not installed:
ruby, ruby-sqlite3, ruby-gtk2, openssl, unzip, ruby-ncurses, screen, ruby-gstreamer,
gstreamer0.10-x, gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
7.3. Set executable rights:
chmod +x ./pandora.sh
7.4. Copy shortcut to desktop with root and edit paths inside:
cp ./view/pandora.desktop /usr/share/applications/
nano /usr/share/applications/pandora.desktop
Pandora can update itself by user click to button on status bar.
8. CONSOLE USER INTERFACE
By default Pandora launches Gtk2 graphical user interface,
but you can force it to launch Ncurses console user interface:
./pandora.sh -c -- this is Curses/Ncurses mode
./pandora.sh -s -- run via screen or return to session
./util/pancurse.sh -- run or return screen session
./util/pancurse.sh -d -- run via screen like a daemon
Console interface is useful on Raspberri Pi, dedicated or
virtual servers, when you need to have day-and-night node.
Attention: CUI has pared-down functionality in comparison with GUI.
It is recommended to setup all preferences in GUI mode on desktop
computer, then move ./base/pandora.sqlite to remote computer.
9. GETTING HELP
Communicate together in facebook or vkontakte:
https://www.facebook.com/p2pandora
https://vk.com/pandoranet
Ask author for help:
http://facebook.com/robux
http://vk.com/robux
robux@mail.ru
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