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Cargo Troubles

Or, how to install Agate 3.2.3 on Debian 10 for Dummies

Step 1: Install cargo

Step 1.1: Try to install agate, but have it abort download due to attribution error.

Step 2: Install rustup, ignore warning because it will just work, lol.

*Thanks to this stack overflow post for that solution.

stack overflow

Step 3: cargo build agate

If it crashes, just reload the console and try again.

Step 4: Test agate, make sure you run the test in the directory that leads to the certificates like: /user/gemini , and not /user/gemini/certificate .

Step 4.1: Generate certificates with the --hostname command appended to agate, ie agate --hostname example.org .

Step 5: Create service through sudo or root command nano (or whatever text editor you use): /etc/systemd/system/agate.service

Copy the service file data from the Debian tools folder of the agate github for simplicity's sake, though you could just move it to the correct directory.

Step 5.1: Add user indication below working directory and change srv/gemini to the directory that you tested agate in, for this example: /home/gemini/gemini/

Step 5.2: If the service fails to execute at this point, change ExecStart in agate.service to the hard path to agate, which you can search for using "which agate" .

Step 6: Run service using systemctl to enable and start the agate service: "systemctl enable agate" > "systemctl start agate" > "systemctl status agate" .

Step 7: Success! (hopefully)

I hope this guide was informative, or at least amusing. I admit I am wholly a beginner in these matters, but also that this is an opprotunity to share my experience with others.

For comments or questions, you can contact me on

Matrix: @meracle:matrix.org

Next, I will be setting up a gemlog (hopefully with a lot less exit code errors ;v;).

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