Chatwoot is an open-source customer communication platform that helps businesses talk to their customers via different channels such as website chat, Facebook, Twitter, and email. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Chatwoot on POP! OS latest.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
It is always a good idea to update your system before installing any new software. Open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Chatwoot requires some dependencies to be installed on the system before we can proceed. Run the following command to install these dependencies:
sudo apt install curl gnupg2 ca-certificates lsb-release
To install Chatwoot on POP! OS, we need to add Chatwoot repository to our system. Run the following command to add the repository:
curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/chatwoot/chatwoot-apt $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chatwoot.list
After adding the repository, update the packages list by running the following command:
sudo apt update
Now that the repository is added, we can proceed with the installation of Chatwoot. Run the following command to install Chatwoot:
sudo apt install chatwoot
The installation process may take some time depending on your internet speed.
Chatwoot consists of multiple services that need to be started to run the application. Run the following commands to start these services:
sudo systemctl enable chatwoot.target
sudo systemctl start chatwoot.target
To check if all services are running, run the following command:
sudo systemctl status chatwoot.*
Finally, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access Chatwoot. You should see the Chatwoot login page where you can create an account and start configuring your Chatwoot account.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and started Chatwoot on POP! OS latest. Start engaging with your customers through different channels and provide them with excellent customer support.
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