Glowing Bear is a web-based IRC client that is easy to use and highly customizable. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Glowing Bear on Arch Linux.
Glowing Bear is built with Node.js, so we need to install it on our system first. Run the following command to install Node.js:
sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
Clone the Glowing Bear repository from Github using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear.git
Navigate to the glowing-bear directory and install the required dependencies by running:
cd glowing-bear
npm install
To start Glowing Bear, run the following command:
npm start
This will start the web server and you can access Glowing Bear by visiting http://localhost:9000 in your web browser.
If you want to use Glowing Bear from any directory, you can make it available globally by installing it as a command-line tool. Run the following command:
sudo npm install -g glowing-bear
Now, you can start Glowing Bear from any directory by running the command glowing-bear.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Glowing Bear on Arch Linux. You can customize Glowing Bear to your liking by editing the configuration file and adding plugins. Enjoy using Glowing Bear as your new IRC client!
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