Prosody is a flexible, modern XMPP communication server. In this tutorial, we will be installing Prosody IM on Clear Linux. Follow the steps below to get this done.
The first step is to run the following command to update your system:
sudo swupd update
To install Prosody on Clear Linux, run the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add network-basic
sudo swupd bundle-add network-utils
sudo swupd bundle-add lua
sudo swupd bundle-add lua-modules
sudo swupd bundle-add perl-basic
sudo swupd bundle-add zlib
sudo swupd bundle-add sqlite
sudo swupd bundle-add openssl
sudo swupd bundle-add glibc-gconvs
sudo swupd bundle-add libidn
sudo swupd bundle-add libevent
sudo swupd bundle-add libxml2
sudo swupd bundle-add libidn2
sudo swupd bundle-add lang-python
sudo pip3 install prosody
After installing Prosody, you will need to configure it. Run the following command to generate the default configuration file:
sudo prosodyctl init
You can then edit the configuration file at /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua to customize Prosody for your needs.
Once Prosody is installed and configured, you can start it with the following command:
sudo systemctl start prosody
To enable Prosody to start automatically at boot, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable prosody
To test if Prosody is working correctly, you can run the following command:
prosodyctl about
This should display information about your Prosody installation if everything is working correctly.
That's it! You have successfully installed and configured Prosody on Clear Linux.
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