Installing Galene on Arch Linux

Galene is a WebRTC-based video conferencing server. It's a free and open-source software that allows you to set up your video conferencing platform for remote meetings, webinars, lectures, and much more.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Galene on Arch Linux. The steps are reasonably straightforward, and we'll be using the pacman package manager to install it.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• A system running the Arch Linux operating system
• An SSH client like PuTTY or OpenSSH (if you're not working directly on the machine)
• Root or sudo access to your system

Step 1: Update the system

Before we begin, update your system and all its packages to their latest versions. To do this, open a terminal and type the following command:

sudo pacman -Syyu

This command will update your system and ensure that all packages are up to date.

Step 2: Install dependencies

For Galene to work, you need to install some dependencies in your system. These include the following:

• gstreamer
• gst-plugins-base
• gst-plugins-good
• gst-plugins-bad
• gst-libav
• sqlite3
• libconfig

To install these dependencies, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-libav sqlite3 libconfig

Step 3: Install Galene

Now that we have all the dependencies, let's install Galene. First, download the latest version of Galene from the official website:

wget https://github.com/medooze/galene/releases/download/v0.3.3/galene-0.3.3.tar.gz

Then, extract the archive using the following command:

tar xvfz galene-0.3.3.tar.gz

Navigate to the extracted directory:

cd galene-0.3.3

Next, compile and install Galene using the following commands:

./configure
make
sudo make install

This will compile and install Galene on your system.

Step 4: Configure Galene

Finally, let's configure Galene to start automatically at boot time. Create a new systemd service file:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/galene.service

Add the following lines to the file:

[Unit]
Description=Galene WebRTC Server

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/galene
User=nobody

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save the file and close the text editor. Reload the systemd configuration by running the following command:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Start the Galene service:

sudo systemctl start galene.service

Check the status of Galene:

sudo systemctl status galene.service

If everything is working correctly, you should see a message that says "Active (running)".

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have walked you through the process of installing Galene on your Arch Linux system. Now that you have Galene installed, you can customize it to suit your needs and start hosting video conferences, remote meetings, webinars, and much more.

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