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These instructions are designed for developers running [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/) (Debian) or Mac OS X.
## Preparing your system
In order to run Diaspora, you will need to download the following dependencies:
In order to run Diaspora, you will need to download the following dependencies (specific instructions follow):
- [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org) - The Ruby programming language. (We're using 1.8. Comes preinstalled on Mac OS X.)
- [MongoDB](http://www.mongodb.org) - A snappy noSQL database.
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- [ImageMagick](http://www.imagemagick.org/) - An Image processing library used to resize uploaded photos.
- [Git](http://git-scm.com/) - The fast version controll system.
We suggest using a package management system to download these dependencies. Trust us, it's going to make your life a lot easier. If you're using Mac OS X, you can use [homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/); and if you're using Ubuntu (Debian), just use [Synaptic](http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/) (it comes pre-installed).
After you have Ruby installed on your system, you will need to get Rubygems, then install Bundler:
- [RubyGems](http://rubygems.org/) - Source for Ruby gems.
- [Bundler](http://gembundler.com/) - Gem management tool for Ruby projects.
**We suggest using a package management system to download these dependencies. Trust us, it's going to make your life a lot easier. If you're using Mac OS X, you can use [homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/); and if you're using Ubuntu (Debian), just use [Synaptic](http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/) (it comes pre-installed). The below instructions assume you have these installed.**
### Ruby
To install Ruby 1.8.7 on **Ubuntu**, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install ruby-full
If you're on **Mac OS X**, you already have Ruby on your system. Yay!
### MongoDB
To install MongoDB on **Ubuntu**, run the following commands:
**Download**
- 32 bit
http://fastdl.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-linux-i686-1.6.2.tgz
- 64 bit
http://fastdl.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-linux-x86_64-1.6.2.tgz
# extract
tar xzf mongodb-linux-i686-1.4.0.tgz
# create the required data directory
sudo mkdir -p /data/db
sudo chmod -Rv 777 /data/
To install MongoDB on **Mac OS X**, run the following:
brew install mongo
### OpenSSL
If you're running either **Ubuntu** or **Mac OS X** you already have OpenSSL installed!
### ImageMagick
To install ImageMagick on **Ubuntu**, run the following:
To install ImageMagick on **Mac OS X**, run the following:
### Git
To install Git on **Ubuntu**, run the following:
sudo apt-get install git
To install Git on **Mac OS X**, run the following:
brew install git
### Rubygems
This step is OS-independent.
### Bundler
This step is also OS-independent.
## Getting Diaspora
To download Diaspora, you will want to clone it from the official github repository [here](http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora). If you have never used github before, their [help desk](http://help.github.com/) has a pretty awesome guide on getting setup[.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI)