Tiny Tiny IRC is a web-based IRC client that allows you to chat with other users over an internet relay chat (IRC) network. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Tiny Tiny IRC on a Manjaro Linux system.
Open the terminal on your Manjaro system.
Update the package manager with the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Install the Apache web server, PHP, and SQLite dependencies using the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache php php-sqlite
Enable and start the Apache web server by running the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
sudo systemctl start httpd.service
Now that Apache is running, we need to download and configure Tiny Tiny IRC. First, you need to download it from their official website. Visit https://tt-rss.org/tt-irc/ and download the latest release by clicking on the "Download" button.
Once downloaded, extract the contents of the archive using the following command:
tar -xvf tt-irc-<version>.tar.gz
Replace <version> with the version of Tiny Tiny IRC you downloaded.
Move the extracted tt-irc directory to the document root of your Apache web server:
sudo mv tt-irc /srv/httpd/htdocs/
This command moves the tt-irc directory to the /srv/httpd/htdocs/ directory, which is the default document root path for an Apache web server on Manjaro.
Set appropriate permissions on the tt-irc directory:
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/httpd/htdocs/tt-irc
sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/httpd/htdocs/tt-irc
This gives the Apache user permissions to access and modify the tt-irc directory.
Finally, launch a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/tt-irc to access the web interface of Tiny Tiny IRC.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tiny Tiny IRC on Manjaro Linux.
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