https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/ for installation instructions.

Try the Ubuntu docs instead of the Debian docs. They're more up to date.

@PitaJ thanks. I need to install it on Heroku and it doesn't have nginx now. I know I have a long road ahead, but I think I found the direction.

@JaredBusch Thanks. Really appreciate it

@sebastian-marinescu alternatively you could set defaultPlugins as an environment variable, then run ./nodebb setup [config json]. I'll re-add an actual option for passing in a set of default plugins.

@zaasmi try this mongo -u "admin" --authenticationDatabase "admin" -p

Eh, try LXC. I recommend it over Docker

Latest version of NodeBB doesn't require this dep anymore, so maybe try pulling the latest master?

As @pitaj mentions, invoking sudo with NodeBB is bound to bring you trouble -- no need for superuser privileges for NodeBB, and I'm thinking of having NodeBB run as the nobody user, if possible...

@julian It seemed pretty straight forward in my mind is the worst part. Yup, I want this server to be this other server's pathetic little slave and take orders all day...Wha?.....It's rebelling! It's hard to beat the incorrect logic of something you know absolutely should work as you're telling it to.

@julian, I think I fixed this issue. I rolled back to a snapshot before I installed NodeBB and re-cloned the 0.5.1 branch and it installed without an issue and I have sweet, glorious CSS!

@julian Thanks, now it's no problem : )

Fixed, I did not uninstall 2.4 properly, this guide helped me Thanks!