Convos is an open source web-based IRC client that is easy to use and install. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Convos on Linux Mint Latest.
Before installing Convos, you need to make sure that your Linux Mint Latest system has the following prerequisites installed:
You can install these dependencies by running the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install perl sqlite3 cpanminus
Mojolicious is a Perl-based web framework that Convos uses as its base. To install Mojolicious run:
sudo cpanm Mojolicious::Lite
Download the latest version of Convos from the official website. You can download it using the following command:
wget https://github.com/Nordaaker/convos/archive/v3.3.tar.gz
After downloading, extract the file using the following command:
tar -xf convos-3.3.tar.gz
You can now cd into the extracted directory using the following command:
cd convos-3.3
Convos requires several Perl modules to function properly. You can install these dependencies using the following command:
sudo cpanm --installdeps .
To start Convos, run the following command in the terminal:
./script/convos daemon
The server should now start running, and you can access Convos in your web browser by visiting http://localhost:8080.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Convos on Linux Mint Latest. After following these steps, you should have Convos up and running, ready for you to use.
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