Tiledesk is a customer support chatbot that can be easily integrated with various messaging platforms like Facebook Messenger, Telegram, WhatsApp, and more. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to install Tiledesk on Elementary OS latest version.
Before we proceed with the installation process of Tiledesk, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.
First, we need to install all the necessary dependencies for Tiledesk. Open the terminal and type the following command to install the required packages.
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential python-dev python-setuptools python-pip python-smbus
Next, install the dependencies for the cffi library. Type the following command in the terminal
sudo apt-get install -y libffi-dev
Once we have installed all the dependencies, we can proceed to install Tiledesk. Type the following command in your terminal.
npm install -g tiledesk-cli
After the installation process is complete, you can verify it by running the following command in the terminal:
tiledesk -v
If the installation is successful, it should return the version number of the Tiledesk CLI.
To create a new Tiledesk instance, type the following command in the terminal:
tiledesk init
To start Tiledesk, type the following command in the terminal:
tiledesk start
You can now access the Tiledesk dashboard using your web browser by visiting http://localhost:8080.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Tiledesk on your Elementary OS device. You can now integrate Tiledesk with various messaging platforms and start providing customer support services.
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