Looks like it might be tricky. Shame. See:
https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wi ... g-Diaspora
Extract (3 Jan 2011):
Edit 20 Jan 2011: *now uses MySQL. Full installation instructions for Debian (not necessarily Excito!) here:Notice
We currently run Diaspora with the "thin" software package as our webserver, behind nginx. Diaspora uses an asynchronous EventMachine queue inside the appserver to send messages between seeds. If you use mod_rails, mongrel, or another non-eventmachine based application server, federation may not work.
If you don't like thin, you can always try Rainbows! We will try to fully support more webservers later, but that is what works for now.
These instructions are for machines running Ubuntu, Fedora or Mac OS X. We are developing Diaspora for the latest and greatest browsers, so please update your Firefox, Chrome or Safari to the latest and greatest.
(Edit 3 Jan 2011 - inserted "Notice" above).
Preparing your system
In order to run Diaspora, you will need to download the following dependencies (specific instructions follow):
Build Tools - Packages needed to compile the components that follow.
Ruby - The Ruby programming language. (We're using 1.8.7. It comes preinstalled on Mac OS X.)
MongoDB->Now MySQL see* - A snappy noSQL database.
https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wi ... g-Diaspora
MarkOpenSSL - An encryption library. (It comes preinstalled on Mac OS X and Ubuntu.)
ImageMagick - An Image processing library used to resize uploaded photos.
Git - The fast version control system.
Redis - Persistent key-value database with network interface
After you have Ruby installed on your system, you will need to get RubyGems, then install Bundler:
RubyGems - Source for Ruby gems.
Bundler - Gem management tool for Ruby projects.