# building the daemon #
## requirements ##
* linux or freebsd
* libsodium 1.0 or higher
* imagemagick
* ffmpegthumbnailer
* sox
## supported go versions ##
* `go 1.6` or higher with redis driver
* `go 1.3` or higher without redis driver
## debian ##
Get the dependancies
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install imagemagick libsodium-dev ffmpegthumbnailer sox build-essential git golang ca-certificates
Check out the repo and build it
git clone https://github.com/majestrate/nntpchan
cd nntpchan
./build.sh
If you want to build without supporting redis then build with the `--no-redis` flag
./build.sh --no-redis
Now configure the database. [next](database.md)