How to Install Ergo on EndeavourOS Latest

Ergo is an open-source collaborative document editor that emphasizes privacy and security. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Ergo on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

Step 1: Update Packages

First, we'll make sure that all packages on our system are up to date. To do this, we run the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

This command updates the package database and all installed packages.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Next, we install the dependencies required for Ergo to run. We need to install Node.js and NPM package manager. To do so, we execute:

sudo pacman -S nodejs npm

Step 3: Install Ergo

We can install Ergo via npm, the Node.js package manager. Open the terminal, and run the following command to install Ergo:

sudo npm install -g ergo

This command installs the Ergo globally on your system.

Step 4: Start the Ergo Server

Once Ergo is installed, we can start the server. Run the following command in the terminal:

ergo

This command starts the Ergo server, and you can now access Ergo in your web browser by entering localhost:6870 in the address bar.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we installed Ergo on EndeavourOS Latest, a collaborative document editor that emphasizes privacy and security. We ran through the installation steps, including installing dependencies and starting the Ergo server. You can now use Ergo for your collaborative document editing needs.

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