Enigma 1-2 BBS is a popular bulletin board system software that allows users to communicate through forums, message boards, and other communication channels. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Enigma 1-2 BBS on Linux Mint.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
Enigma 1-2 BBS requires several dependencies to run smoothly. To install them, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt install build-essential curl libsqlite3-dev zlib1g-dev
This command will install the necessary packages for the installation process.
Next, we need to download the Enigma 1-2 BBS source code from the GitHub repository.
Navigate to the desired directory where you want to download the Enigma 1-2 BBS source code using the cd command.
cd /home/user/Documents/
Then, clone the Enigma 1-2 BBS repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/nuskooler/enigma-bbs.git
This will download the Enigma 1-2 BBS source code to your current directory.
Now that we have the source code downloaded, it's time to build Enigma 1-2 BBS.
Navigate to the enigma-bbs directory using the cd command:
cd enigma-bbs/
We need to run the bootstrap script to generate the necessary configuration files:
./bbs.build.env.sh
Next, run the make command:
make -j4 release
This will compile and build the Enigma 1-2 BBS software.
After successfully building Enigma 1-2 BBS, we need to configure it.
Navigate to the enigma-bbs directory if you are not already there:
cd enigma-bbs/
Run the following command to generate the configuration files:
./bbs.config-gen.sh -f
This will generate the files enigma-bbs.json and enigma-services.json. These files contain the Enigma 1-2 BBS configuration settings.
Finally, it's time to run Enigma 1-2 BBS.
Navigate to the build directory:
cd build/
And run the following command to start Enigma 1-2 BBS:
./enigma-bbs
The Enigma 1-2 BBS should now be running on your machine. You can access it via telnet or a web browser, depending on how you configured it.
That's it! You have successfully installed Enigma 1-2 BBS on your Linux Mint machine. Now you can start using it as a forum or message board to communicate with your friends or colleagues.
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