Davis is an open-source platform for building chatbots. It is designed to be flexible and easy to use. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Davis on Manjaro.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following in place:
The first step is to install the necessary dependencies to install Davis. Run the following command in your terminal to install these dependencies:
sudo pacman -S git nodejs npm
After running the command, it will prompt you to enter your password. Provide the password and hit enter.
The command will install Git, Node.js, and npm.
In this step, we will clone Davis from the GitHub repository by running the following command on your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/tchapi/davis.git
This command will clone the Davis repository in your current directory.
After successfully cloning the repository, move to the Davis folder by running the following command:
cd davis
Once you are in the Davis folder, run the following command to install dependencies:
npm install
This command will install all the necessary dependencies for Davis.
After installing the dependencies, you need to configure Davis. You can find the configuration file in the config folder in the Davis directory.
Run the following command to edit the configuration:
nano config/default.coffee
This command will open the default.coffee file in Nano text editor. You can configure the settings according to your needs.
Set the Slack token sing the following command:
export SLACK_TOKEN=<your-slack-token>
Finally, it's time to run Davis. You can run Davis using the following command:
npm start
This command will start the Davis server on your Manjaro system.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Davis on Manjaro. Davis offers an easy and flexible way to build chatbots. It's easy to install and offers a lot of customization options. I hope this tutorial helped you in installing Davis on your Manjaro system.
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