Rocket.Chat is an open-source team collaboration platform that provides real-time communication for teams of any size. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Rocket.Chat on MXLinux Latest.
Before we start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
sudo privilegesThe first step is to install the required dependencies for Rocket.Chat. In the terminal, run the following command to update your package lists:
sudo apt-get update
Then, install the required dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install mongodb npm build-essential graphicsmagick
Rocket.Chat requires Node.js to be installed on your system. MXLinux Latest comes with Node.js pre-installed, but it may not be the latest version.
You can check the current version of Node.js by running the following command:
node -v
If it is not the latest version, you can install it by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install nodejs
Now that we have all the necessary dependencies installed, we can download and install Rocket.Chat.
First, create a directory where you want to install Rocket.Chat. You can use the following command to create a directory:
mkdir ~/rocket.chat
Change the directory to the newly created one:
cd ~/rocket.chat
Then, download the latest version of Rocket.Chat by running the following command:
curl -L https://releases.rocket.chat/latest/download -o rocket.chat.tgz
Next, extract the downloaded file by running the following command:
tar zxvf rocket.chat.tgz
This will create a new directory named bundle.
Rocket.Chat comes with a default configuration file. However, we need to create our own configuration file to customize Rocket.Chat for our needs.
Create a new file named rocketchat.env in the bundle directory by running the following command:
nano ~/rocket.chat/bundle/rocketchat.env
Add the following lines to the file:
MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/rocketchat
ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000
PORT=3000
Save and exit the file.
Finally, we can start Rocket.Chat by running the following command:
node main.js
This will start the Rocket.Chat server. You can open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access the Rocket.Chat web interface.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Rocket.Chat on MXLinux Latest. You can now use Rocket.Chat to communicate with your team in real-time.
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