Installing Rallly on MXLinux Latest

Introduction

Rallly is a free, open-source web-based group scheduling tool. It allows you to collaboratively plan events without the need for registration or user accounts. In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to install Rallly on MXLinux latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A running MXLinux latest installation.
• A web browser.
• Access to the internet.

Install Node.js

Rallly requires Node.js to run. First, let's make sure that you have Node.js installed on your system. Here's how to check:

1. Open the terminal on your MXLinux system.
2. Type the following command:

node -v

The above command should output the version number of Node.js installed on your system. If you receive an error message or nothing is returned, then you need to install Node.js on your system.

Here's how to install the latest version of Node.js on MXLinux using nvm:

1. Open the terminal on your MXLinux system.

2. Type the following command to download the script to install nvm:

   curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash
   

3. Once downloaded, run the following command:

   source ~/.bashrc
   

   This will activate nvm in your current terminal session.

4. You can now install the latest stable version of Node.js by running the following command:

   nvm install --lts
   

5. Verify that Node.js correctly installed with the following command:

   node -v
   

You should see the version number of Node.js printed out.

Install Rallly

Now that Node.js is installed, we can proceed with installing Rallly.

1. Open the terminal on your MXLinux system.

2. Clone the Rallly repository by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/lukevella/Rallly.git
   

3. Change to the newly created directory by running the following command:

   cd Rallly
   

4. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:

   npm install
   

5. Finally, start the Rallly server by running the following command:

   npm start
   

6. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080 to access Rallly.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Rallly on MXLinux. If you encounter any issues during the installation process or have any questions, please leave a comment below.

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