Thredded is an open-source forum engine that is designed to be easily embedded into a Ruby on Rails application. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Thredded on Arch Linux.
Before we can install Thredded, we need to install Ruby and Rails, as Thredded is built on top of those two libraries.
$ sudo pacman -S ruby ruby-bundler rails
Thredded requires a database to store its data. We will be using MySQL/MariaDB as our database engine.
$ sudo pacman -S mysql
Let's create a new Rails project for Thredded.
$ rails new thredded-demo
Navigate to the project directory and add Thredded to the Gemfile.
$ cd thredded-demo
$ echo "gem 'thredded'" >> Gemfile
Install Thredded and its dependencies using the Bundler.
$ bundle install
Install Thredded stylesheet and javascript assets.
$ rails generate thredded:install
Create and migrate the database.
$ rails db:create
$ rails db:migrate
Start the Rails server.
$ rails server
You can now access Thredded by navigating to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Thredded on Arch Linux.
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