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Installing Cactus Comments on Kali Linux Latest

Cactus Comments is an open-source commenting system that can be used to add comments to static websites. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Cactus Comments on Kali Linux Latest.

Step 1: Install Python

Cactus Comments is built on top of Python and requires Python to be installed on your system. To install Python on Kali Linux, open the terminal and enter the following command:

sudo apt-get install python3

Step 2: Install Cactus

Cactus is a static website generator that is used to generate the static HTML files that are used in Cactus Comments. To install Cactus, enter the following command in the terminal:

sudo pip3 install cactus

Step 3: Download Cactus Comments

To download Cactus Comments, use the following command:

git clone https://github.com/eight04/cactus-comments.git

This will download the Cactus Comments repository to your current directory.

Step 4: Install Cactus Comments

Navigate to the Cactus Comments directory by entering the following command:

cd cactus-comments

Next, install the requirements by running the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 5: Configure Cactus Comments

Open the config.py file located in the cactus-comments directory and configure the following settings:

• DOMAIN - the domain name of your website.
• GA_ID - your Google Analytics ID (optional).
• DISQUS_SHORTNAME - your Disqus shortname (optional).

Save the file and exit.

Step 6: Generate the site

To generate the static HTML files that are used in Cactus Comments, run the following command:

cactus build

Step 7: Preview the site

To preview the site, run the following command:

cactus serve

This will start a local server and open the site in your default web browser.

Step 8: Embed Cactus Comments to your site

Copy the cactus-comments folder to your site's directory and add the following code to each page where you want to display comments:

{% include "cactus-comments/comments.html" %}

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have guided you on how to install Cactus Comments on Kali Linux Latest. Cactus Comments is a useful tool that can be used to add comments to static websites.

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