Glowing Bear is a web-based IRC client that can be installed on any computer with a web browser. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Glowing Bear on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before installing Glowing Bear, we need to install its dependencies on the system. Open the terminal on the Alpine Linux and run the following command to update the package list and install the dependencies required for Glowing Bear:
sudo apk update && sudo apk add build-base git nodejs npm python2
After installing the dependencies, we need to clone the Glowing Bear repository from Github. Run the following command in the terminal to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear.git
Navigate to the Glowing Bear directory using the following command:
cd glowing-bear
Now, install the required packages and build the client by running the following commands:
npm install
npm run build
Finally, start the Glowing Bear client by running the following command:
npm start
The client will be available on port 9001 by default. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:9001 or http://<server-ip>:9001 to access the client.
Congratulation! You have successfully installed Glowing Bear on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use it as an IRC client to communicate with other users.
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