How to Install Cactus Comments on Manjaro

In this tutorial, we will be discussing the steps to install Cactus Comments on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

To install Cactus Comments on Manjaro, you should have the following prerequisites:

• Manjaro installed on your device
• Access to the command line interface
• Basic knowledge of using the terminal

Step 1: Install Node.js

Cactus Comments is built with Node.js, and hence, you need to have it installed on your system. To check if you have Node.js installed or not, you can run the following command:

node -v

If you get an error message or an older version of Node.js, it means you need to install it. To install Node.js, enter the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S nodejs npm

This should install Node.js and npm on your system.

Step 2: Install Cactus Comments

Now that you have Node.js installed, you can install Cactus Comments on your Manjaro system. Here are the steps to follow:

1. Open the terminal on your Manjaro system.
2. Navigate to the directory where you want to install Cactus Comments.
3. Run the following command to install Cactus Comments:

npm install cactus-chat

This will download and install Cactus Comments on your system.

Step 3: Configure Cactus Comments

Once you have installed Cactus Comments on your system, you need to configure it. Here are the steps to follow:

1. Navigate to the directory where you have installed Cactus Comments.
2. Create a new directory called config and navigate into it:

mkdir config
cd config

3. Create a new file called config.json and open it:

touch config.json
nano config.json

4. Paste the following JSON code into the file:

{
  "apiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
  "apiBaseUrl": "https://api.cactus.chat/v2",
  "appId": "YOUR_APP_ID_HERE",
  "siteId": "YOUR_SITE_ID_HERE",
  "siteName": "YOUR_SITE_NAME_HERE",
  "mode": "light"
}

5. Replace the YOUR_API_KEY_HERE, YOUR_APP_ID_HERE, YOUR_SITE_ID_HERE, YOUR_SITE_NAME_HERE fields with the actual values that you obtained from your Cactus Comments account.

6. Save and close the file.

Step 4: Run Cactus Comments

Now that you have installed and configured Cactus Comments, you can run it on your system. Here are the steps to follow:

1. Open the terminal on your Manjaro system.
2. Navigate to the directory where you have installed Cactus Comments.
3. Run the following command to start Cactus Comments:

npx cactus-chat start

This will start the Cactus Comments server on your system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have discussed how to install Cactus Comments on Manjaro. With this installation, you should be able to add Cactus Comments to your website and start receiving comments from your readers.

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