This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Etherpad on Linux Mint. Etherpad is a powerful open-source collaborative editing tool that enables users to work together in real-time on texts and documents.
Before installing Etherpad, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
If you don't have Node.js and npm installed on your system, you can install them by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs
You can verify that Node.js and npm are installed correctly by running the following commands:
node -v
npm -v
The output should display the version numbers of both Node.js and npm.
You can download the latest stable version of Etherpad from the official website using the following command:
wget https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/archive/1.8.14.tar.gz
To extract the downloaded file, run the following command:
tar -zxvf 1.8.14.tar.gz
This will extract the files to a directory named etherpad-lite-1.8.14. Now navigate into this directory using the following command:
cd etherpad-lite-1.8.14
Next, you need to install the required dependencies by running the following command:
bin/run.sh --setup
This command will clone the required Git repositories and install the dependencies. Once the process completes, you need to configure Etherpad using the following command:
cp settings.json.template settings.json
You can now edit the settings.json file to configure your Etherpad instance.
To start Etherpad, run the following command:
bin/run.sh
This will start Etherpad on port 9001. You can now access Etherpad by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:9001.
That's it! You have successfully installed Etherpad on Linux Mint. You can now use Etherpad for your collaborative editing needs.
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