In this tutorial, we will be installing Commento on Manjaro. Commento is a privacy-focused, open-source commenting platform that can be easily hosted on your own servers. It is an alternative to Disqus and other third-party commenting systems.
Before we begin, we need to install some dependencies that Commento requires:
Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S go git
This will install the required dependencies.
We will now clone the Commento repository from GitLab. Open the terminal and run the following command:
git clone https://gitlab.com/commento/commento.git
This will download the repository files to your system.
Change the directory to the cloned repository by running the following command:
cd commento
Next, build and install Commento by running the following command:
make
sudo make install
These commands will build and install Commento on your system.
Before we can start using Commento, we need to configure it. To do this, we need to create a configuration file.
Run the following command to create a new configuration file:
sudo touch /etc/commento.conf
Next, open the configuration file in a text editor with administrative privileges:
sudo nano /etc/commento.conf
In the configuration file, you can set the values for various options such as the database configuration, the port on which Commento should listen, and various advanced settings.
After you have made the configuration changes, save and exit the text editor.
Once the configuration is complete, we can start Commento by running the following command:
sudo commento
This command will start Commento on the default port 8080. You can access the Commento installation by navigating to http://localhost:8080.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure Commento on Manjaro. Commento is now set up and ready to use on your own server.
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