Openfire is a highly popular instant messaging (IM) and group chat server, providing excellent compatibility with other open source software like Spark and Jitsi. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Openfire on Pop! OS latest in the simplest way possible.
Before you start with the installation process, ensure you have the following prerequisites:
The first step to installing Openfire is to download the latest version from the official website of Openfire. You can do that by visiting the following URL: https://www.igniterealtime.org/downloads/ and selecting the latest version of Openfire.
Once you have selected the appropriate version, click on the download button, and wait for the download to complete.
Before you can install Openfire, you need to ensure that you have Java installed on your system. Openfire requires at least Java 8, so you need to install either Oracle Java or OpenJDK.
To Install Oracle Java, follow the steps mentioned below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
To install OpenJDK, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
We assume that the downloaded Openfire source code package is in the Downloads folder. Navigate to the folder by running the following command:
cd ~/Downloads/
Next, extract the package contents by running the following command:
tar xvfz openfire_4_6_4.tar.gz
Note that you should replace "openfire_4_6_4.tar.gz" with the filename of the Openfire version you downloaded.
Once the extraction is complete, move the extracted folder to the opt directory by running the following command:
sudo mv openfire /opt/
To start Openfire, run the following command:
sudo /opt/openfire/bin/openfire.sh start
The command will start the Openfire server. Wait for a few minutes for the server to finish starting up.
Once the server has started up, you can access the Openfire web interface by opening your favorite web browser and navigating to the following URL:
On the login page, you should use the following details to log in:
With this tutorial, you have successfully installed Openfire on POP! OS latest. You can now use it as an instant messaging (IM) and group chat server.
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