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There are several (easy) ways to do this.

Basically, this means:

- installing the kubo package (known as ipfs-go on BSD, since ipfs is a packet filter).

Refer to the documentation of your distribution.

For instance,

- on Arch linux:

sudo pacman -Syv kubo

-on a FreeBSD host (as root):

pkg inst go ipfs-go

 

- initializing a node in server mode:

ipfs init --profile server

- initializing a repository (by default, it will be found under ~/.ipfs):

ipfs init

- starting the ipfs daemon:

ipfs daemon

 

If everything is fine, you may:

- display the README file (ipfs cat /ipfs/QmYwAPJzv5CZsnA625s3Xf2nemtYgPpHdWEz79ojWnPbdG/readme)

- access the webui locally, at http://localhost:5001/webui/

Note: in order to access the webui remotely and securely, you will have create a SSH tunnel to the server on your local computer (client):

ssh -L 5002:localhost:5001 user@server_ip

 

Source: http://docs.ipfs.tech.ipns.localhost:8080/how-to/command-line-quick-start/#initialize-the-repository