The Lounge is a free, modern web-based IRC client tool that allows you to connect and chat with people on various IRC networks. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install The Lounge on Manjaro Linux.
Before we begin, update your package manager to ensure that your system is up-to-date.
sudo pacman -Syu
The Lounge is built with Node.js and requires npm to run. Install Node.js and npm using the following command:
sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
You can install The Lounge using npm. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo npm install -g thelounge
Once The Lounge is installed, run the following command to verify:
thelounge --version
To start The Lounge, run the following command:
thelounge start
The Lounge will be available at http://localhost:9000 by default.
To access The Lounge from another device on your network, you will need to replace "localhost" with your Manjaro machine's IP address.
Once The Lounge is running, you can connect to IRC servers by adding them to your configuration. The configuration file is located in ~/.lounge/config.js.
Edit the file and add the following to the array of connections:
{
"name": "My Favourite IRC Server",
"host": "irc.example.com",
"port": 6697,
"tls": true
}
Replace "My Favourite IRC Server" with the server name, "irc.example.com" with the server hostname, and 6697 with the port.
Save and close the file.
You can now connect to the IRC server by going to The Lounge web interface and selecting "My Favourite IRC Server" from the server list.
The Lounge is now installed on your Manjaro Linux machine. You can now connect to various IRC networks and chat with other users in a modern, web-based interface.
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