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+# Debain 8.5 step-by-step
+
+Everything in this guide is done as root.
+
+## FFMPEG install
+FFMPEG is non-free or something. There is a guide on how to get it installed [here](https://www.assetbank.co.uk/support/documentation/install/ffmpeg-debian-squeeze/ffmpeg-debian-jessie/) or you can just follow these instructions:
+
+Create a new list for ffmpeg:
+
+```
+# touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ffmpeg.list
+```
+
+And add the repos:
+
+```
+# echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ffmpeg.list
+# echo "deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ffmpeg.list
+```
+
+Update the repos:
+
+```
+# apt-get update
+```
+
+Get the key ring:
+
+```
+# apt-get -y install deb-multimedia-keyring
+```
+
+Update the repos, again:
+
+```
+# apt-get update
+```
+
+Make sure ffmpeg is not already installed:
+
+```
+# apt-get remove ffmpeg
+```
+
+Get the library packages and build tools:
+
+```
+# apt-get install -y build-essential libmp3lame-dev libvorbis-dev libtheora-dev libspeex-dev yasm pkg-config libfaac-dev libopenjpeg-dev libx264-dev
+```
+
+
+Make some temporary folders we will use to organize the ffmpeg stuff:
+
+```
+# mkdir -p /opt/ffmpeg-build/{software,src} && cd /opt/ffmpeg-build/software
+```
+
+Download the ffmpeg ball:
+
+```
+# wget http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-2.7.2.tar.bz2
+```
+
+Extract the ball:
+
+```
+# tar -C ../src -xvjf ffmpeg-2.7.2.tar.bz2
+```
+
+Change to the source directory:
+
+```
+# cd ../src/ffmpeg-2.7.2
+```
+
+Configure:
+
+```
+# ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libx264 --enable-libspeex --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree
+```
+
+Make:
+
+```
+# make && make install
+```
+
+Do this thing:
+
+```
+# /sbin/ldconfig
+```
+
+# Install redis
+
+If you use your package manager, you will install an old version of redis and you will wonder why nothing works. The full set of instructions is [here](http://redis.io/topics/quickstart).
+
+Let's make a build directory:
+
+```
+# mkdir /opt/redis-build && /opt/redis-build
+```
+
+Download the stable ball:
+
+```
+# wget http://download.redis.io/redis-stable.tar.gz
+```
+
+Make:
+
+```
+# make
+```
+
+Install tcl, so we can make test:
+
+```
+# apt-get install -y install tcl
+```
+
+Make test:
+
+```
+# make test
+```
+
+Then install:
+
+```
+# make install
+```
+
+Now, run the install script. Select the defaults unless you want to diverge from this step-by-step:
+
+```
+# cd utils && ./install_server.sh
+```
+
+Make redis start on boot:
+
+```
+# update-rc.d redis_6379 defaults
+```
+
+__It is strongly recommended that you secure redis:__
+
+Generate a cute little sha512sum to use as the password. Use your own sufficiently good seed.
+
+```
+# echo "requirepass" $(echo "the ass was fat and i loved the way she cooks her memes" | sha512sum) >> /etc/redis/6379.conf
+```
+
+Restart redis:
+
+```
+# service redis_6379 restart
+```
+
+# Install golang
+
+[Get the golang binary](https://golang.org/doc/install). Make sure you get an up-to-date version. As of 2016-06-10, the stable version of golang is 1.6.2.
+
+Download the ball:
+
+```
+# wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.6.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+```
+
+Extract the ball:
+
+```
+# tar -C /usr/local/ -xvzf go1.6.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+```
+
+Add the go path to the global profile:
+
+```
+# echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin"' >> /etc/.profile
+```
+
+# Now install nntpchan
+
+Do some things:
+
+```
+# sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install imagemagick libsodium-dev sox git ca-certificates
+```
+
+Clone the repo in /opt/nntpchan:
+
+```
+# cd /opt && git clone https://github.com/majestrate/nntpchan.git
+# cd /opt/nntpchan
+```
+
+Build:
+
+```
+# ./build.sh
+```
+
+Run the setup:
+
+```
+# ./srndv2 setup
+```
+
+Follow the instructions. The ffmpeg command should be changed to `/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg`.
+
+Have fun.