Convos is a web-based IRC client written in Perl. It provides a modern interface with features such as inline image previews and notifications. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Convos on FreeBSD Latest using the command line.
Before installing Convos, you must meet the following prerequisites:
To run Convos, you need to have Perl and cpanminus installed on your machine. If they are not already installed, you can do so by running the following command:
sudo pkg install p5-App-cpanminus
This will install Perl and cpanminus on your machine.
Convos also requires additional packages to be installed. To install them, run the following command:
sudo pkg install pkgconf p5-DBD-SQLite p5-Mojolicious
This will install the necessary packages for Convos to run properly.
Next, you need to download the latest version of Convos from their website, https://convos.chat/. On the website, click the "Latest Release" button to download the .tar.gz file.
After the .tar.gz file is downloaded, extract the contents using the following command:
tar -xzvf convos-latest.tar.gz
This will create a new directory called "convos-latest" containing all of the Convos files.
It is recommended that you create a new user specifically for running Convos.
sudo pw useradd -n convos -d /usr/local/convos -m -s /bin/sh
This command creates a new user called "convos" with the home directory "/usr/local/convos" and a shell of "/bin/sh".
To install Convos, change to the "convos-latest" directory and run the following command:
sudo perl Makefile.PL home=/usr/local/convos
This will create a Makefile which can be used to install Convos.
Next, run the following command to install Convos:
sudo make install
This will install Convos to the "/usr/local/convos" directory.
To start the Convos server, run the following command:
sudo -u convos /usr/local/convos/script/convos daemon
This will start the Convos server running as the "convos" user.
You can now access the Convos client by opening a web browser and entering the following URL:
http://<your-server-ip>:3000/
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Congratulations! You have successfully installed Convos on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use Convos as a web-based IRC client with a modern interface.
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