Tutorial: How to Install Papercups on Clear Linux Latest

Papercups is an open-source live chat tool for websites and apps that allows businesses to talk to their customers in real-time. In this tutorial, we'll go through the step-by-step process of installing Papercups on Clear Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• Clear Linux Latest installed on your system
• An internet connection
• A modern web browser

Step 1: Install Node.js and Yarn

Papercups requires Node.js and Yarn to be installed on your system. If you don't have them installed already, you can install them using the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add nodejs yarn

This will install Node.js and Yarn on your system.

Step 2: Clone the Papercups repository

Next, you need to clone the Papercups repository from GitHub. Open a terminal and run the following command to clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/papercups-io/papercups.git

This will clone the repository in a new directory called papercups.

Step 3: Install Papercups dependencies

Navigate to the papercups directory and run the following command to install Papercups dependencies:

cd papercups
yarn install

This will install all the dependencies required by Papercups.

Step 4: Configure Papercups

Copy the .env.example file to .env with the following command:

cp .env.example .env

Then open the .env file in a text editor and configure the following variables:

• DATABASE_URL - The URL of your database. Papercups supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.
• REDIS_URL - The URL of your Redis instance. This is optional, but recommended for production deployments.
• ADMIN_EMAIL - The email of your administrator account.
• ADMIN_PASSWORD - The password of your administrator account.

Step 5: Start Papercups

To start the Papercups server, run the following command:

yarn dev

This will start the server on port 3000. You should see a message in the terminal that says "Server is running".

Step 6: Access Papercups

Open a modern web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000. You should see the Papercups login page.

Enter the email and password of your administrator account that you configured in step 4 and click "Log in".

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Papercups on Clear Linux Latest! You can now start using Papercups to chat with your customers in real-time.

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