Slashster is an Open Source PHP / Mysql Friend of a Friend implementation. Many sites such as Orkut, Friendster, Tribes, and others are community based sites that rely on a "Network of Friends" in order to interface with others within this network.
Requirements:
· Linux / Unix server
· Apache Server (Development is done on 2.x)
· PHP 4.3.0 or higher
· MySQL 4.0 or higher
· GD library 2 or higher (built into php)
· Optional: OpenSSL extension built into php (For Encrypted Messages)
INSTALLATION
1) Untar the source and change directory into it:
$ tar xzf slashster-xx.xx.tar.gz
$ cd slashster
2) Go into the setup directory.
$ cd setup
3) Run the file configure to set up permissions on the files
$ ./configure
4) Import the database. You will need to set up mysql permissions manually for this sort of thing.
$ mysql -u -p < slashster.sql
Logically, where is your database login, is your database password, and is your database name.
5) Edit your configuration for Slashster
cd ../html
vi siteinfo.php
6) Start the services
cd ../cron
./isscheduler
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