In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Enigma 1-2 BBS on your Arch Linux system. Enigma is a powerful, feature-rich BBS (Bulletin Board System) software that provides a great platform for online discussions, file sharing, and gaming.
To follow this tutorial, you will need:
Before we proceed with the installation, we need to ensure that all the necessary dependencies are installed on our system. To do that, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S cmake make gcc pkg-config sqlite ncurses
This command will install necessary dependencies that are required for the successful build of Enigma.
The next step is to clone the Enigma repository from GitHub onto your local system. Run the following command in the terminal to clone the repository:
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/nuskooler/enigma-bbs.git
Now that we have installed the dependencies and cloned the Enigma repository, we can proceed with the build and installation process. Change to the enigma-bbs directory by running the following command:
cd enigma-bbs
Next, create a build directory and navigate into it:
mkdir build && cd build
Now, we can start building Enigma by running the following command:
cmake -DUSE_LOWERCASE_FS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ..
This command configures the build process and creates a Makefile. After running the above command, we can proceed with compiling Enigma by running the following command:
make -j4
This command will compile Enigma on your system. Once the compilation process is complete, we can install it on your system by running the following command:
sudo make install
Now that we have installed Enigma on our system, we need to configure it. The configuration files for Enigma can be found in the /usr/local/enigma-bbs directory.
cd /usr/local/enigma-bbs
sudo cp enigma-bbs-sample.ini enigma-bbs.ini
Now that we have a copy of the sample configuration file, we can edit it according to our needs:
sudo nano enigma-bbs.ini
We recommend that you read the comments in the sample configuration file to understand what each option does. Once you have made the necessary changes to the configuration file, save and exit the editor.
To start Enigma on your system, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo systemctl start enigma-bbs
To ensure that Enigma starts on boot, enable it using the following command:
sudo systemctl enable enigma-bbs
You have successfully installed and configured Enigma BBS on your Arch Linux system. Enigma is a great platform for online discussions, file sharing, and gaming, and we hope you find it useful. If you have any questions or face any issues with the installation process, feel free to reach out to us.
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