Installing Thredded on EndeavourOS

Thredded is a Ruby on Rails open-source forum software, which is available on GitHub. It is easy to install and set up, and it is highly customizable. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing Thredded on EndeavourOS.

Prerequisites

1. EndeavourOS installed and updated.
2. Ruby and Ruby on Rails installed
3. PostgreSQL installed and running
4. Git installed

Installation

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Install bundler by running the following command:

   $ gem install bundler
   

3. Clone the Thredded repository using Git by running the following command:

   $ git clone https://github.com/thredded/thredded.git
   

4. Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the Thredded folder. You can do this by running the following command:

   $ cd thredded
   

5. Install all the necessary dependencies by running the following command:

   $ bundle install
   

6. Create a new PostgreSQL database:

   $ sudo -u postgres createdb thredded_dev
   

7. Migrate the database:

   $ bundle exec rake db:migrate
   

8. Add some seed data:

   $ bundle exec rake db:seed
   

9. Configure the application:

   $ nano config/thredded.yml
   

   In this file, you can configure options such as the email address to use for sending notifications, the email address to use as the sender, and the name of the application.

   development:
     email_from: 'noreply@example.com'
     email_return_path: 'noreply@example.com'
     email_host: 'smtp.example.com'
     email_user_name: 'smtp_username'
     email_password: 'smtp_password'
     name: 'My Forum Name'
   

10. Start the server:

    $ bundle exec rails server
    

11. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access your Thredded forum.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Thredded on EndeavourOS. You can now customize your forum to fit your needs.

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