Installing Tiny Tiny IRC on Elementary OS

Tiny Tiny IRC (TT-IRC) is an open-source web-based IRC client that can be used to chat with people on different IRC networks. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Tiny Tiny IRC on Elementary OS.

Before we start, please make sure that you have the following requirements:

• A working Elementary OS system.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Let's get started!

Step 1: Install Prerequisites

The first step is to make sure that you have all the prerequisites installed on your system. Open the terminal on Elementary OS and run the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nginx php-fpm php-curl php-xml

This command will update your system and install Nginx web server, PHP-FPM, PHP-Curl, and PHP-XML packages.

Step 2: Download TT-IRC

Now, we need to download TT-IRC from the official website. Run the following command to download the latest version of TT-IRC:

sudo wget https://git.tt-rss.org/fox/tt-irc/archive/master.tar.gz

This command will download the file and save it in the current directory.

Step 3: Extract and Move the Files

After downloading, we need to extract the downloaded file to the Nginx web server root directory. Run the following commands:

sudo tar -xzvf master.tar.gz
sudo mv tt-irc-master /var/www/html/tt-irc

These commands will extract the downloaded file and move the extracted files to Nginx default document root directory.

Step 4: Configure Nginx for TT-IRC

Now, we need to create an Nginx server block configuration file for TT-IRC. Run the following command to create a new file:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/tt-irc.conf

And add the following block into the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourserver.com;
    root /var/www/html/tt-irc;

    location / {
            index index.php index.html;
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
            fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Important: Don't forget to replace the yourserver.com with your actual domain name.

Save the file and exit the text editor.

Step 5: Enable the Server Block Configuration File

After creating the server block configuration file, enable it by creating a symbolic link to the sites-enabled directory. Run the following command:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/tt-irc.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

This command will create a symbolic link to the sites-enabled directory.

Step 6: Restart Nginx Service

Now, we need to restart the Nginx service to apply the changes. Run the following command:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 7: Access TT-IRC

Finally, we can access the TT-IRC web application by entering the domain name or IP address of our server into the web browser's address bar. TT-IRC will prompt us to enter the IRC server, nickname, and channel information. Once we enter the details, we can start chatting with our friends.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed TT-IRC on your Elementary OS system.

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