Spectrum 2 is an instant messaging transport gateway that can connect users from different IM networks. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Spectrum 2 on your OpenSUSE Latest system.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following requirements:
First, you need to install the required dependencies for Spectrum 2.
To install the dependencies, run the following command:
sudo zypper install cmake gcc-c++ libexpat-devel libidn11-devel libmysqlclient-devel libsasl2-devel libstrophe-devel libswiften-devel openssl-devel
To download Spectrum 2, visit the official website at https://spectrum.im/downloads and navigate to the Ubuntu section.
Copy the link to the .deb file and then use wget to download it.
wget https://spectrum.im/download/linux/im/spectrum2-2.0.0rc4-amd64.deb
Next, extract the .deb file using the ar command.
sudo ar x spectrum2-2.0.0rc4-amd64.deb
Extract the data.tar.xz file from the contents of the .deb file.
sudo tar xf data.tar.xz --directory /
Before running Spectrum 2, you need to configure it first.
Create a new directory to store the Spectrum 2 configuration file.
sudo mkdir /etc/spectrum2
Create a new configuration file using your preferred text editor.
sudo vi /etc/spectrum2/spectrum.cfg
Add the following lines to the configuration file to enable the XMPP transport and specify your Jabber username and password.
[xmpp]
backend = xmpp
certfile = /etc/spectrum2/server-cert.pem
domain = example.com
username = USERNAME
password = PASSWORD
Note: Replace the certfile, domain, username, and password with your own settings.
Finally, start Spectrum 2 by running the command below:
sudo systemctl start spectrum2
To make sure that Spectrum 2 is running, check its status using the command below:
sudo systemctl status spectrum2
You should see something like this if it is running successfully:
● spectrum2.service - Spectrum 2
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/spectrum2.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-11-21 23:09:14 UTC; 5s ago
Docs: man:spectrum2d(1)
Process: 8695 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/spectrum2d --checkconfig (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 8697 (spectrum2d)
CGroup: /system.slice/spectrum2.service
└─8697 /usr/bin/spectrum2d --foreground --config=/etc/spectrum2/spectrum.cfg
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Spectrum 2 on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now start using Spectrum 2 to connect users from different instant messaging networks.
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