How to Install Livebook on Manjaro

Livebook is an interactive notebook for Elixir programming language. It is a web-based tool that provides users with a clean interface for writing and executing Elixir code. In this tutorial, we will learn to install Livebook on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation process, ensure that the following requirements are met:

• A Manjaro Linux system
• Access to the internet
• A browser that supports HTML5 and JavaScript

Installation process

We can install Livebook on Manjaro using the following steps:

Step 1: Updating the Packages

Before installing any new software on your system, it is always recommended to update your existing packages to their latest versions. Therefore, we will execute the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Installing Erlang and Elixir

Livebook requires Erlang and Elixir to run. Therefore, we will install these packages using the following command:

sudo pacman -S erlang elixir

Step 3: Installing Mix

Mix is a build tool for Elixir that helps create project structures and manage dependencies. It is also required for installing and running Livebook. We will use the following command to install Mix:

sudo pacman -S mix

Step 4: Installing Phoenix

Phoenix is a web development framework for Elixir that provides the infrastructure for Livebook. We can install Phoenix using the following command:

mix archive.install hex phx_new 1.5.13

Step 5: Installing Nodejs and NPM

Livebook uses Nodejs and NPM to manage JavaScript dependencies. Execute the following command to install Nodejs and NPM:

sudo pacman -S nodejs npm

Step 6: Installing Livebook

We can now install Livebook by running the following command in the terminal:

mix archive.install hex livebook

Step 7: Running Livebook

Once Livebook is installed, we can run it using the following command:

mix livebook.server

This will start a web server on your system. We can now access Livebook using a web browser.

Step 8: Accessing Livebook

Open any web browser and type the following URL in the address bar:

http://localhost:8080

This will open the Livebook interface, where you can create and execute Elixir code.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Livebook on Manjaro Linux. Now that Livebook is installed, you can use it to write and execute Elixir code through your web browser.

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