If you want to use MongoDB instead of Redis install it from http://www.mongodb.org/downloads and remove 'redis-server' from the above command. [MongoDB-Setup](https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki/Installing-NodeBB-With-MongoDB)
**If your package manager only installed a version of Node.js that is less than 0.8 (e.g. Ubuntu 12.10, 13.04):**
Obtain all of the dependencies required by NodeBB:
$ cd nodebb
$ npm config set strict-ssl false
$ npm install
$ npm config set strict-ssl true
Initiate the setup script by running the app with the `--setup` flag:
$ ./nodebb setup
The default settings are for a local server running on the default port, with a redis store on the same machine/port.
Lastly, we run the forum.
$ ./nodebb start
NodeBB can also be started with helper programs, such as `supervisor` and `forever`. [Take a look at the options here](https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki/How-to-run-NodeBB).
Obtain all of the dependencies required by NodeBB:
$ cd nodebb
$ npm config set strict-ssl false
$ npm install
$ npm config set strict-ssl true
Initiate the setup script by running the app with the `--setup` flag:
$ ./nodebb setup
The default settings are for a local server running on the default port, with a redis store on the same machine/port.
Lastly, we run the forum.
$ ./nodebb start
NodeBB can also be started with helper programs, such as `supervisor` and `forever`. [Take a look at the options here](https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki/How-to-run-NodeBB).
[Please refer to platform-specific installation documentation](https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki#wiki-installing-nodebb)