How to Install Coral on Linux Mint

Coral is a free, open-source commenting platform that can be used to elevate the conversation on your website or online publication. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps of installing Coral on Linux Mint.

Note: This tutorial assumes that you have some knowledge of Linux and command line usage.

Prerequisites

• Linux Mint installed on your system.
• Access to the terminal.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Before we can install Coral, we must first install some of the necessary dependencies:

1. Open up a terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T.
2. Type in the following command, and hit enter:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev python3-pip

Step 2: Install Coral

Now that the dependencies are installed, we can proceed to install Coral.

1. Open up a terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T.
2. Type in the following command, and hit enter:

sudo pip3 install coral==3.0.0

Step 3: Configure Coral

After installing Coral, we will now configure it to work with our website.

1. Open up a terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T.
2. Navigate to the Coral directory by typing the following command:

cd /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/coral

Note: This directory path may differ if you have installed a different version of Coral.

3. Next, we need to copy and edit the configuration file by typing the following command:

sudo cp servers.yaml.example servers.yaml && sudo nano servers.yaml

4. In the configuration file, update the values for the host and port fields accordingly.

- name: "My Website Name"
  url: "https://example.com"
  host: "0.0.0.0"
  port: 8080

Note: Make sure to specify the correct url for your website.

5. Save the changes and exit the editor by pressing CTRL + X, then Y, then Enter.

Step 4: Start Coral

Now that Coral is configured, we can start it up and begin using it on our website.

1. Open up a terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T.
2. Navigate to the Coral directory by typing the following command:

cd /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/coral

Note: This directory path may differ if you have installed a different version of Coral.

3. Start Coral by typing the following command:

sudo coralctl run

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Coral on your Linux Mint system. With a configured and running instance of Coral, you can now start moderating and elevating the conversation on your website.

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