BigBlueButton is an open-source web conferencing system designed for online learning environments. It provides real-time audio, video, screen sharing, and presentation capabilities for online classes and meetings.
Here are the steps to install BigBlueButton on Arch Linux:
Before installing BigBlueButton, you need to update the system to its latest version. To do this, open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo pacman -Syyu
This will update the system packages and their dependencies.
BigBlueButton requires several dependencies to function correctly. To install these dependencies, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -S ant gcc make ruby rubygems ruby-rdoc libxml2 libxslt mysql postgresql imagemagick ffmpeg ghostscript wget yasm
BigBlueButton uses Redis as its backend cache server. To install Redis, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S redis
After the installation is completed, enable Redis to start at boot:
sudo systemctl enable redis.service
Start the Redis service:
sudo systemctl start redis.service
Now that we have all the dependencies and Redis installed, we can proceed with the BigBlueButton installation. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -S bigbluebutton
This will install the latest version of BigBlueButton along with its dependencies.
After the installation is complete, you need to configure BigBlueButton according to your needs. The configuration files are located at /etc/bigbluebutton/.
You can customize the default configuration by modifying the following files:
bbb-conf: This file is used to configure the BigBlueButton server.
nginx: This file is used to configure the Nginx web server.
red5: This file is used to configure the Red5 media server.
Once the configuration is complete, you can start the BigBlueButton services by running the following command:
sudo bbb-conf --restart
This will restart all the BigBlueButton services and load the new configuration.
That's it! You have now successfully installed BigBlueButton on Arch Linux. You can now use this web conferencing system for your online classes or meetings. If you encounter any issues during the installation or configuration, please refer to the official documentation for more information.
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