How to Install WeTTY on Elementary OS Latest

In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to install WeTTY, a web-based SSH terminal emulator, on Elementary OS latest.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, you need to make sure that you have the following:

• A Linux distribution OS installed which should be Elementary OS latest.
• An active internet connection.
• Sudo privileges for installing packages and running commands.

Steps

1. Open the terminal on your system. This can be done by clicking on the "Applications" icon located in the dock and searching for "Terminal". Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T.

2. Update your package repository by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt update

3. WeTTY relies on Node.js to run. Therefore, we need to install the latest version of Node.js on our system to ensure compatibility with WeTTY. To do so, run the below command.

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs npm

4. Once the installation of the latest version of Node.js is completed, install WeTTY using npm by entering the following command in the terminal:

sudo npm install wetty -g

5. After the installation of WeTTY, you need to start the server. To do so, enter the following command in the terminal:

wetty

6. Verify that WeTTY is running by accessing the application via the web browser by entering one of the following URLs in the browser address bar:

http://localhost:3000/

http://<Your_server_ip>:3000/

Replace Your_server_ip with the IP address of your server.

Upon accessing the link, you should be able to see the WeTTY login page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed WeTTY on Elementary OS latest.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install WeTTY on Elementary OS latest. By following the above steps, you can easily install WeTTY on your system and have access to a web-based SSH terminal emulator.

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