MongooseIM is an open-source messaging platform based on the XMPP protocol. In this tutorial, we are going to install MongooseIM on Arch Linux.
Before we begin, make sure your Arch Linux system is up-to-date and that you have root access or sudo privileges to install packages.
MongooseIM requires Erlang/OTP version 22 or later to be installed. Unfortunately, the default Arch Linux repositories do not always provide the latest version of Erlang. Therefore, we will add the Erlang Solutions repository, which provides the latest stable versions of Erlang.
To add the repository, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman-key --recv-keys A14F4FCA
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key A14F4FCA
echo -e '\n[erlang-solutions]\nSigLevel = Required TrustedOnly\nServer = https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/arch/extra/$arch' | sudo tee -a /etc/pacman.conf
sudo pacman -Syu
To install MongooseIM, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S mongooseim
To start the MongooseIM service, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start mongooseim
To enable the service so that it starts automatically at boot time, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable mongooseim
To verify that MongooseIM is running, you can run the following command, which should output the status of the MongooseIM service:
sudo systemctl status mongooseim
You should see an output similar to the following:
● mongooseim.service - MongooseIM XMPP Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mongooseim.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-11-16 12:15:03 EST; 2min 14s ago
You have now successfully installed MongooseIM on Arch Linux. MongooseIM can be used as a chat server or as a backend for a chat application. You can find more information about MongooseIM and its configuration options in the official documentation at https://mongooseim.readthedocs.io/.
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